Comment on Why Andrew Ng left Google and joined BaiduparentComments−w1ntermute12yChinese AI peeps left because they want to go back to China. This isn't an unusual trend, as an Chinese AmericanNg is Singaporean (born in the UK), not Chinese. He has no connection to the PRC apart from his ethnicity. He may not even speak Mandarin.Beijing or Shanghai...lower cost of livingYou've gotta be kidding me. I know people who specifically won't return because it's too expensive to live in Beijing or Shanghai.−seanmcdirmid12yIsn't Andrew Ng working in Silicon Valley? It is difficult to recruit in Beijing these days given the air quality, cost of living isn't low but not that bad either.
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Ng is Singaporean (born in the UK), not Chinese. He has no connection to the PRC apart from his ethnicity. He may not even speak Mandarin.
You've gotta be kidding me. I know people who specifically won't return because it's too expensive to live in Beijing or Shanghai.
Isn't Andrew Ng working in Silicon Valley? It is difficult to recruit in Beijing these days given the air quality, cost of living isn't low but not that bad either.