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I think this article just reeks of jealousy. What is wrong with paying people doing top research a top salary? Their skills are extremely rare. And I bet execut

• AdrianB1 7y ago
  It is New York Times, the egalitarian tribune; socialists don't like rich people and by extension anyone that earns more than average.
  • dang 7y ago
    Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
• scottlegrand2 7y ago
  What's amazing to me is the same people who write articles like this don't blink at the salaries in Hollywood. A top-tier performer can get over a hundred million dollars per movie. A bottom-tier character actor or below the line talent barely gets by. The difference in compensation here is nowhere near as bad as what happens in Hollywood.
  • harry8 7y ago
    Without commenting on quality of the journalism here nor making any judgements about the normative economics [1] of the situation described: Hollywood actors salaries (or those of sports stars, or CEOs, or authors of best sellers or pop stars) are a known thing so you don't write a 'news' story about the magnitude they have obtained. AI researchers making large sums is not widely known so is 'news' and of interest to readers. [1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/normativeeconomics.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/normativeeconomics.asp