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I'm more curious where Grok gets talent from. There is so much money and so many top labs falling over themselves to attract good talent, that at this point pe

I'm more curious where Grok gets talent from. There is so much money and so many top labs falling over themselves to attract good talent, that at this point people have to be leaning on ideological goals to choose their employer. Are there really that many AI researchers who want to make Elon god-emperor?

brcmthrowaway 1y ago
He must be paying them millions
qoez 1y ago
I read the last election and other signals as the idea that there's way more unspoken diversity of thought in peoples minds than what people feel safe to say. Secretly lots of top talent probably doesn't care or even aligns with elon but chooses to say so at most with their actions in the form of being ok working for him.
- knowsuchagency 1y ago
  Diversity of thought is a nice way to put it
nashadelic 1y ago
I also feel Elon's team has been "untouchable" for Zuck and doesn't want to stir anything with him. But since his falling out of grace with the admin that could change?
dotnet00 1y ago
If you're focusing on ideology, it isn't like the other companies are all that good. With Sam Altman you're still working for a pathological liar with delusions of grandeur. With Google and Meta you're propping up a massive worldwide surveillance apparatus. Tech-bros have been propping up agents/propagators of some of the biggest social ills of the past ~2 decades, xAI isn't all that different.
hbn 1y ago
A lot of serious engineers would love to work in an environment that isn't the HR-reigning office politics bullshit standard of the past decade or two. I don't even really like Elon but I bet the engineers at X are having a better time in their day-to-day than the ones at Meta or Google where all their work is constantly roadblocked by red tape, in-fighting, and PMs whose only goal is to make it look like they headed something important to get themselves promoted. Elon's at least got a vision and keeps it a top priority to be competitive in the AI space.

brcmthrowaway 1y ago

He must be paying them millions

qoez 1y ago

I read the last election and other signals as the idea that there's way more unspoken diversity of thought in peoples minds than what people feel safe to say. Secretly lots of top talent probably doesn't care or even aligns with elon but chooses to say so at most with their actions in the form of being ok working for him.

knowsuchagency 1y ago
Diversity of thought is a nice way to put it

nashadelic 1y ago

I also feel Elon's team has been "untouchable" for Zuck and doesn't want to stir anything with him. But since his falling out of grace with the admin that could change?

dotnet00 1y ago

If you're focusing on ideology, it isn't like the other companies are all that good. With Sam Altman you're still working for a pathological liar with delusions of grandeur. With Google and Meta you're propping up a massive worldwide surveillance apparatus. Tech-bros have been propping up agents/propagators of some of the biggest social ills of the past ~2 decades, xAI isn't all that different.

hbn 1y ago

A lot of serious engineers would love to work in an environment that isn't the HR-reigning office politics bullshit standard of the past decade or two. I don't even really like Elon but I bet the engineers at X are having a better time in their day-to-day than the ones at Meta or Google where all their work is constantly roadblocked by red tape, in-fighting, and PMs whose only goal is to make it look like they headed something important to get themselves promoted. Elon's at least got a vision and keeps it a top priority to be competitive in the AI space.