AI researcher

also referred to as: ai researchers

6 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 4, 2025 by Dave Morin · across every show →

Everything said about AI researcher, oldest first

Jul 4, 2025 positive
Opinion
Dave Morin: AI researchers should be paid more than Cristiano Ronaldo
“But like, it's great. It's how it should be.”
Dave Morin Jul 4, 2025 ▶ 43:03 #106: AI Researchers Earning More Than Cristiano Ronaldo · More or Less Podcast
Jul 4, 2025 positive
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Jessica Lessin: Top AI researchers educated in China are treated like rock stars
“I mean, I think, like, many of these researchers were educated in China, and I think they are complete rock stars in China.”
Jessica Lessin Jul 4, 2025 ▶ 44:35 #106: AI Researchers Earning More Than Cristiano Ronaldo · More or Less Podcast
Aug 1, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Sam Lessin predicts big tech wins AI by cash-hoarding elite researchers
“The big companies win, which has been my talk track on this forever, which is like, you know, again, it's like playing Warcraft, too. As long as your cash balance keeps going up, and even better, when you hire super fancy researchers, the market rewards you an…”
Sam Lessin Aug 1, 2025 ▶ 42:09 #110 Meta's Billion-Dollar Hires: Bubble or Genius? · More or Less Podcast
Jul 31, 2026 negative
Opinion
Lessin: AI Slowdown Letters Are Emotional Theater That Should Be Ignored
“There are plenty of people running on China who can do the same shit, right, and so I just think it's all a bunch of theater of, like, people trying to wrestle with the fact they're probably really overworked and really stressed out and don't know if their sto…”
Sam Lessin Jul 31, 2026 ▶ 50:55 The Lilian Weng Saga, Mental Health Essay Then OpenAI | Meta's AI Ad, China Cracks DUV
Jul 31, 2026 negative
Opinion
Lessin: Frontier AI Researchers Suffer From Oppenheimer Complexes
“I think what it is, honestly, is, like, all of these people have Oppenheimer complexes and think they're working on the Manhattan Project, right?”
Sam Lessin Jul 31, 2026 ▶ 51:47 The Lilian Weng Saga, Mental Health Essay Then OpenAI | Meta's AI Ad, China Cracks DUV
Jul 31, 2026 negative
Opinion
Morin: AI Researchers Wanting to Slow Development Down Should Just Quit
“I don't understand this letter because if you want to slow it down, just quit. You don't have to work on, you don't have to work on AI anymore.”
Dave Morin Jul 31, 2026 ▶ 49:12 The Lilian Weng Saga, Mental Health Essay Then OpenAI | Meta's AI Ad, China Cracks DUV
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