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[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh so we're reinventing company towns... Someone should tell them how that ended last time

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

sssshhh, don't tell them. let them find out.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

Why doesn't he get paid on AI tokens, he should donate his stock to whatever charity and only get AI tokens as further compensation!

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Sammy gets moist thinking about assholes getting paid in tokens they can convert to crypto to pay for ChatGPT.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Ok, so correct me if I'm wrong, but usually the reason you do this is because the cost to produce this benefit is lower than the price you usually sell it for, so you can inflate the claimed value of the benefit, both to appeal to candidates and to write it off on your taxes. But at the moment tokens are usually sold way below cost (i.e. the companies are not profitable), so why the fuck would any company do this? Are they this short on cash now?

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

Reinventing scrip

[–] Kallestar@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You forward 16 prompts, what do you get?
Another day older, and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter (Thiel) don't you call me, cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the AI store

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Well, I was born one morning when the AI didn't shine.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Who wants to buy some genuine HiddenLayer555 natural stupidity tokens? Guaranteed to be natural, guaranteed to stupid.

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago
[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

The bubble, she is about to burst!