cross-posted from: https://awful.systems/post/7579135
I owe my SOUL․md to the company store
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpoCzQ-va94&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260312-ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money - podcasttime: 6 min 57 sec
A plot point in Terry Pratchett’s book Going Postal was postage stamps being used as currency, because they were backed by the postal system, which was seen as trustworthy.
This is a similar line of thinking, but far more delusional, as an AI company is nowhere near as trusted as the postal service.
US Forever stamps are inflation-proof, too.
AI tokens, I’m not so sure.
Except these stamps can’t even be handed over to someone else so you can’t even pay for anything with them. So the delusion is that you’re going to want to spend a significant part of your income on LM tokens no matter what.