Jeez it’s kind of amazing to hear the kind of treatment you get if you’re lucky enough to be an AI researcher. Being in the right industry in the right place seems to trump everything else.
I’d be happy just being a cog in the machine, work 9-5, and get to have an upper middle class lifestyle with my family the rest of the time. That’s probs better than what 95% of people (in the US) get to experience.