At $250M, top AI salaries dwarf the Manhattan Project and the Space Race

20 majkinetor 6 8/2/2025, 6:03:23 AM arstechnica.com ↗

Comments (6)

tzury · 8m ago
Do you need any more signs, or is it clear now?

For me the Meta storm of billions in hiring was enough to start selling any tech giant related stock.

It is about to crash, harder than ever.

raphinou · 22s ago
I thought that when Apple reached a market cap of 1 trillion, but here we are today.... I since then abandoned any such prediction, even if i share your feeling
smokel · 3m ago
Or it might go up.
physicsguy · 16m ago
Big difference was that at that time people were doing things both for the race itself but also because ideologically they believed in the mission.
im_down_w_otp · 11m ago
I think people are ideologically aligned with the mission today. It's just that grifting off yet-another-hype-cycle is the mission.
ed_elliott_asc · 13m ago
Imagine if any one of these tech companies decided the future was in solving problems for humanity rather than how to serve adverts in a future where content was autogenerated.

The money and resources they have available is astronomical.

Instead they spend it on future proofing their profits.

What a sad world we have built.