Tech Giants, Gorging on AI Professors Is Bad for You

I personally hate using terms such as "poaching" or "gorging" to describe one company offering more money to a worker at another company or university to come work for them. You would think the professors/workers are being killed for body parts or kidnapped and forced to work in sweatshops instead of actually being paid more and being better off due to this transaction.

Underpaying people is not a right. Workers are free agents and if someone offers them a better deal, then they are free to accept it. Paying workers more is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Is it though? Top talent from schools will be more likely to leave after undergrad to work in the Industry. Instead of student loans are terrible hours they'll make loads of money and be able learn from these experts in the industry instead of staying in Academia to get a PhD or Masters.