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Amazing that Sutton (American) chooses to live in Edmonton, AB rather than USA. Shows he has integrity and is not a careerist focused on prestige and money abo
by j7ake 2y ago
Amazing that Sutton (American) chooses to live in Edmonton, AB rather than USA.
Shows he has integrity and is not a careerist focused on prestige and money above all else.
- Philpax 2y agoKeen is a fully remote outfit, so he can work wherever. It's pretty likely that his reputation would open that door for him no matter where he goes.
- j7ake 2y agoAt his level it is much more than just being able to do what he wants, it’s about attracting resources and talent to accomplish his goals. From that perspective location still matters if you want to maximise impact
- tbrockman 2y agoAs someone who grew up in Edmonton, attended the U of A, and had the good fortune of receiving an incredible CS education at a discount price, I'm incredibly grateful for his (and the other amazing professors there) immense sacrifice. Great people and cheap cost of living, but man do I not miss the city turning into brown sludge every winter.
- jp57 2y agoHe's been there since he left Bell Labs, in the mid 2000's, I think. The U of A is, or was, rich with Alberta oil sands money and willing to use it to fund "curiosity-driven research", which is pretty nice if you're willing to live where the temperatures go down to -40 in the winter.
- armSixtyFour 2y agohttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ai-guru-rich-sutton-deepmind https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ai-guru-rich-sutton-dee... He gave up his US citizenship years ago but he explains some of the reasons why he left. I'll also say that the AI research coming out of Canada is pretty great as well so I think it makes sense to do research there.