Every business wants AI, but almost no one is qualified to deliver it

The tech industry is desperate for AI talent, with some companies forking over $1 million or more to secure the services of those who can code their way to machine intelligence. The problem, however, is that hardly anyone is qualified to evaluate the relative merits of any particular job candidate. As such, employers are almost certainly overpaying for AI talent, and may not be getting much in the way of talent, to boot. "Google is paying a million dollars for these superstars," declared Kai-Fu Lee, Google's former China chief, at the World Economic Forum. "You may not need someone that high, but you've got to break the scale for at least one person," Lee said.