This week’s big headline is: “Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation“. Uh huh. [Business Insider] The idea is that instead of getting paid dollars to work for an …
  • spacesatan@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This is some of the dumbest shit I have ever read. And I don’t mean conceptually, I mean everybody playing improv on what actually happened.

    Some guy says ‘during interviews some developers now care about how much compute budget they have access to’

    Every idiot since then: ‘omg company scrip???’

    I am so tired of the groupthink yes-and game on social media. Any stupid bullshit gets boosted if it plays to confirmation bias while any pushback is reflexively punished.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      The problem is that it definitely feels like something a libertarian tech bro would try.

      It’s also not entirely false, or at least without precedent.

      Richardson has a unique and progressive way of running his company. To update an old adage, Richardson is putting his bitcoin where his mouth is. His platform pays its 250-plus employees in bitcoin. He takes his pay this way too. The company has opted for the bitcoin standard to both show commitment to the cause and streamline payroll for its global workforce.