To me the solution seems simple: if you were to ask some AI scientist whether he is still willing to work for the university, too, i.e. give lectures (but as bl

To me the solution seems simple: if you were to ask some AI scientist whether he is still willing to work for the university, too, i.e. give lectures (but as block course, so that is is compatible with the job requirements of the main job) and additionally has the option to get a tenured position anytime, I believe there are few that would not agree. The problem rather is: - Why require the scientist to invest a lot of time (thus opportunity cost) before they can get (very unlikely) a tenured position when they have the alternative to earn lots of money in industry now? - Even if they are somewhat idealistic and would actually like to give lectures - why not offer a format such as block courses (this format is not uncommon in Germany) that fits better the industrial obligations than one lecture per week over a semester? I believe both issues can easily be solved by the university without having to invest lots of money.