Ars Technica: At $250 million, top AI salaries dwarf those of the Manhattan Project and the Space Race. “When Meta recently offered AI researcher Matt Deitke $250 million over four years (an average of $62.5 million per year)—with potentially $100 million in the first year alone—it shattered every historical precedent for scientific and technical compensation we can find on record. That […]

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Matt Deitke making more than Oppenheimer is the perfect metaphor for 2025: no nukes, just vibes and a good-enough autocomplete. #AI #LateCapitalism 💸🤖