[adamquek]

Sounds like this is the end of DeepMind as we know it. The move will only push the last remnants of DeepMind out of Google, as there are no leverage or incentive to stay.

[riku_iki]

Salaries?

[Havoc]

Is a thin defense in hot markets. There are always other players out there with deep pockets too

[brianwawok]

Deep pockets AND freedom to publish?

This will be like many other industries:

Make 100k a year at this noble job and better the knowledge of mankind

vs

Make 500k a year at a soulsucking corp job, doing research to better the rate at which we get people to click adds by 1%

Guess which jobs many great minds would take? I would take #2. At the end of the day, I can't feed my family with goodwill and back pats.

[Havoc]

Is the assumption of 5x the pay going to hold though in light of:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322

[riku_iki]

it is not clear if pockets are deep enough, there are lots of lay offs going through the industry.