@Miles_Brundage: Curious why we didn't do this for AI a long time ago?
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Miles Brundage questions why a similar government hiring initiative wasn't done for AI, referencing Trump's memo to hire 400 experts for critical minerals investments with top pay at $400,000.
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Curious why we didn’t do this for AI a long time ago? https://t.co/lpERw2KgPf
Ernest Scheyder (@ErnestScheyder): Trump has signed a memo allowing federal agencies to hire 400 experts to boost the federal government’s critical minerals investments.
Top pay for these experts will be set at $400,000 annually, “consistent with market comparability and national security urgency.”
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