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And better weather and the cachet of being in a world city. The brain drain has been going on for decades now... But lately, the general Canadian media has cl
by Maven911 8y ago
And better weather and the cachet of being in a world city.
The brain drain has been going on for decades now...
But lately, the general Canadian media has claimed there is a reversal.
One case in point is Montreal being proclaimed an "AI Hub". It's considered an "AI hub" mainly because of one of the fathers of AI is from there (and one his students coming up with the concept of Adversial networks) and a few companies opening satellite AI branches such as Google and Microsoft. Nonetheless, that likely amounts to a few hundred jobs at best, involved in cutting-hedge AI/ML/DL. Toronto also has a few well-known AI research centers. And these centers haven't seemed to have produced noticeable concrete results. But only time will tell if these pan out, and more importantly produce enough jobs to keep local talent, which in my mind is still very doubtful.
- turingcompeteme 8y agoBetter weather, definitely. But is anyone claiming San Franciso or Seattle are more 'world city' than Toronto or Montreal? By almost any definition of world city, they would be very wrong.
- wolco 8y agoI'm from Toronto and San Francisco is a world class city. Last time I visited it felt like a city from the future. It felt alive even the homeless have evolved trying to get you to buy poetry instead of just begging.
- t1o5 8y agoI dont want to repeat myself. Montreal being AI hub is a media creation. My below comment is the reality in Quebec. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16998058 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16998058