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Re:Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton by Fomite on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:21PM (#18737979)
> Higher ranked schools are often better at research as well, you can get more bang for your buck than lesser ranked schools.

Note that this depends on what you want for "bang". At less well-heeled schools, a far more modest donation can steer departments etc.

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Re:Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton by throwawayjava on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:41PM (#18738065)
They want collaboration and access to great minds, not influence. Also, every if they did want influence, the ivy pay would make even more sense bc the ivy tail wags the academic dog. Better to influence a generation of future faculty than one Dept of current ones...
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Re:Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton by Fomite on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:50PM (#18738103)
"Collaboration and access to great minds" comes from influence. As does the opportunity to shape postdocs and graduate students - the generation of future faculty you're talking about.
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Re:Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton by mav3rick on Friday December 21, 2018 @08:44PM (#18738344)
The influence is no good if the research isn't high quality. There are other initiatives besides labs by Google.
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Re:Google to open artificial intelligence lab in Princeton by Fomite on Sunday December 23, 2018 @05:20AM (#18745373)
You make the huge assumption that only elite institutions produce high quality research. Especially for narrow specialties, this isn't necessarily true either.
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