"It's like looking for LeBron James," Databricks' VP of AI, Naveen Rao, told The Verge's Command Line. "There are just not very many humans who are capable of that." This highlights the rarity and value of top AI researchers in the tech industry.
Rao emphasized that while AI talent is scarce, the field also requires substantial infrastructure expertise for scaling models. He noted, "When you build a model and you want to scale it, that actually is not AI talent, per se; it's infrastructure talent." This indicates that recruitment strategies must consider both AI and infrastructure skills.
The AI talent wars have granted researchers unprecedented leverage in their careers. Rao pointed out, "While most Americans are navigating an employer-driven job market, cutting-edge AI engineers seem to have the upper hand," suggesting a significant shift in job market dynamics favoring specialized talent.
He mentioned a conversation with a Meta engineer who told him, "come back to me when you have 10,000 H100 GPUs," illustrating the extreme demands and high expectations of top researchers in today’s competitive landscape.
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