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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
Why would anyone start the game on hard mode when easy mode is a border drive away?

Us is so outrageously better than the rest that people fly across oceans to start businesses there. Canada, being next door, doesn't have the distance moat to at least slow down the brain drain

>>langso+JC
That's such a frustrating thing. There are so many opportunities in SF alone. But I really don't want to live there.

>>Hugsun+L31
There are also plenty of opportunities in the SV outside of SF which have a very, very different vibe.