Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Secret ‘The List’ Plan, through which he is bringing the world’s top AI Experts to his team. Know the full inside story.
Mark Zuckerberg AI Recruitment Mission
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is currently on a big secret mission to take new plan for his company Leading in the race of artificial intelligence. His goal is to create a superintelligence lab, and for this he wants to include the world’s most talented AI researchers in his team.
According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Meta is using a special and confidential document for this work, called “The List”.
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What is “The List”?
“The List” contains the names of potential candidates whom Meta wants to bring to its team. Most of them are young researchers in their 20s and 30s who have PhDs in AI-related fields. These people usually study at top universities like University of California, Berkeley or Carnegie Mellon and have worked in prestigious AI companies like OpenAI (San Francisco) or Google DeepMind (London).
Direct involvement of Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg himself is directly involved in this recruitment process. According to the report, he reads technical research papers, reviews profiles of hundreds of candidates, and makes strategies with his team in a private group chat “Recruiting Party”. This outreach is done via email, text message or even WhatsApp.
Who is being targeted?
The profile of the candidates Meta is targeting is usually as follows:
- PhD in an AI-related subject
- Experience in a top AI research lab
- Significant research contribution to AI
Close-knit community of AI research
The AI research world is quite small and connected. Researchers often communicate in private Slack or Discord groups and sometimes even share job offers to get better offers. According to the report, Meta has so far contacted dozens of OpenAI researchers, which has further intensified the war for AI talent in Silicon Valley.
Offers and challenges
Former OpenAI CTO Meera Muratti has claimed that Mark Zuckerberg has offered multi-million dollar packages to the engineers of her company, but so far no employee has agreed to join Meta.
It is clear that the battle for talent in the AI industry has now become more competitive than ever. Mark Zuckerberg’s “The List” strategy shows how important it will be for tech companies to bring top AI experts to their teams in the future.
