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>>wavela+(OP)
When walking around the U of Toronto, I often think that ~10 years ago Ilya was in a lab next to Alex trying to figure things out. I can't believe this new AI wave started there. Ilya, Karpathy, Jimmy Ba, and many more were at the right time when Hinton was there too.

>>snowby+Sx
And none of them build AI companies in Toronto.

I’m Canadian and disappointed at how ineffective we are at building successful companies.

>>izend+Yx
Couldn't a company like that get a huge tax benefit from the SRED program?

>>nighto+jz
The amount of paperwork involved makes it unworkable

>>loopdo+Lz
10B$ says you're wrong.

>>Massiv+nA
10B is going to old mates mates.

No new startups are getting it.

It's also like pulling teeth trying to explain to people that if we don't offer compensation commensurate with what they get in the US people will just leave for the US.

There is some form of brain damage where even people who know how to code assume that because you can get a crud developer for $80k a year you should get an AI researcher for $150,000. It's nearly double after all.

>>llm_tr+4C
Compensation isn’t just money. Staying near family and friends is hard to measure. I’ve never moved country for $ alone.

>>tbossa+3G
Great. But anyone good gets offered so much they move eventually.

It might not be a year after uni, might not be 10, but eventually they will move because the pay in the US is just so much better than anywhere else.