How Inappropriately Heavyweight AI Solutions Dragged Down A Startup (and Made Me Realize that Industrial Salaries Are High for a Good Reason)

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  • Michael Wooldridge University of Liverpool

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https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v29i2.2095

Abstract

Ten years ago I was a junior faculty member in a UK university, doing research into the theoretical foundations of multiagent systems. I enjoyed the research, but not the salary. The opportunity arose to work for a startup company at three times my university salary, and the company had already hired some excellent agent researchers that I knew, respected, and liked from conferences and workshops. The job seemed too good to be true; and of course, it was. 

Author Biography

Michael Wooldridge, University of Liverpool

Professor of Computer Science

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2008-07-07

How to Cite

Wooldridge, M. (2008). How Inappropriately Heavyweight AI Solutions Dragged Down A Startup (and Made Me Realize that Industrial Salaries Are High for a Good Reason). AI Magazine, 29(2), 49. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v29i2.2095

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