Before 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 whatev

Before 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.