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AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money (pivot-to-ai.com)
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I owe my SOUL․md to the company store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLERkM2TJbw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260312-ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money - podcast

time: 6 min 57 sec

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[–] samvines@awful.systems 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You're an AI addict who has been one shotted and you are deeply in denial about the technology. DGerard is calling your favourite drug "a bad thing"

[–] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 2 points 8 hours ago

AI as the realization of Huey Lewis and the News iconic hit song "I Want a New Drug"