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AVERI Executive Director Miles Brundage and e/acc founder Beff joke about frontier AI compensation reaching galactic scales by 2028

They satirize the gap between base salaries and equity.

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OPMiles Brundage#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGE

Frontier AI company compensation in 2028 will be like "4 galaxies per year, vesting quarterly" and journalists will still report the few hundred K salary number thinking it's the total compensation

7:58 PM · May 26, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POSTBeff (e/acc)#839Beff (e/acc)@BEFFJEZOS

"Sorry, this is a great offer but the other lab offered me a few sterradians of the lightcone"

Miles BrundageMiles Brundage@Miles_Brundage

Frontier AI company compensation in 2028 will be like "4 galaxies per year, vesting quarterly" and journalists will still report the few hundred K salary number thinking it's the total compensation

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