News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on AI.gov. Parent comment

Re:AI.gov by howmayiannoyyou on Monday October 30, 2023 @01:49PM (#38072976)
> largely due to the fact that US is relatively permissive towards large income disparities.

Actually, its due to a shortage of highly skilled labor/specialists relative to demand. Europe benefits from more advanced math and programming talent as a result of Eastern European and Russian/Ukraine labor availability. US immigration policy puts America at a disadvantage in this regard - something they are weakly trying to address here.

Sorry if that goes against your income inequality agenda.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI.gov by paulddraper on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:22PM (#38076081)
If you're crossing borders/languages, you're crossing borders/languages.

Not sure why the barrier to using Eastern European talent would be appreciable different. (Time zones?)

> income inequality agenda

No agenda, just analysis.

If you increase income inequality, the top earners can earn more.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI.gov by pbmonster on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:13AM (#38082992)
> Not sure why the barrier to using Eastern European talent would be appreciable different.

I mean, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria are all EU members, which means they have freedom of movement - they don't even require any visa or work permit. Just show up in Western Europe and work. The same is currently temporarily true for Ukrainians.

Compare that to the extreme effort for them to get a green card in the US.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI.gov by paulddraper on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @10:23AM (#38085323)
Thanks.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI.gov by dbish on Monday October 30, 2023 @05:29PM (#38076177)
Don’t you think if this were true there would be more breakout technical (and by extension startup) successes in Europe which doesn’t seem to be the case.
[ Parent | on HN ]