It's not about the talent pool at all.
replyThe AI bubble music stops when one of these former-darling companies has a complete crashout rather than a "successful exit". The investors keep investing because even largely-failed products get acquihire paydays
hi, im the quilt.
replyNote that Meta paid ~16b for Alexandr Wang, and Google paid ~3b for the windsurf executive team. You are making a category error -- the talent pool isn't "ML researcher" it's "competent leader"
These guys aren't 100000x leaders, they're investment vehicles. They're nfts in human form.
replyNo, it's "I'm a more important person if I ok deals with big numbers" that always happens in a bubble.
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