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Hasn't that been the case for decades though? Maybe not those exact numbers, but from what I understand, STEM profs could always go into the private sector/gove
by TheCraiggers 7y ago
Hasn't that been the case for decades though? Maybe not those exact numbers, but from what I understand, STEM profs could always go into the private sector/government and make more money. AI profs were probably the exception a few decades ago; they're just catching up now that it has gotten good enough. EDIT: By 'good enough' I mean that it's progressed to the point where it can actually be used for economic gain in a company/product, where before it was just a money pit.
Long gone are the days when your patron king or queen would fund you handsomely just for doing math.
- barry-cotter 7y agoBefore AI was hot they were like other CS professors, maybe they could double their salary by going into industry. And give up the academic freedom to do whatever the hell you want as far as research is concerned, the joy of teaching for those who care, the unshakable job security of tenure, the option of doing the bare minimum to avoid getting fired once you have tenure, summers off. Then their field got hot and suddenly people are not offering them double their academic salary in industry. They’re offering dectuple their academic salary. Real demand calls forth supply.