call me back when my landlord decides AI tokens are acceptable for rent

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.

You know I just checked, and my landlord doesn’t take AI tokens.

The new company scrip.

Still illegal.

They're bringing sexy scrip back

You load 16 gigs, and what do you get? Sudo apt update && apt upgrade, Admin dont you call on me, cause I can't compute, I owe my soul to the LLM.

??????? That’s not how getting paid works??????????

Because AI companies are running out of money?

Any employee willing to be paid by token or crypto gets what they deserve. The only reason these companies can get away with this crap is because the proletariat are allowing it.

You need a job, and you want it to be exciting; that’s understandable. Maybe you’re trying to break into the industry. Yes, it’s tough. People will tell you that you’ve got to pay your dues or some other “toe the line” bullshit.

People need to realize that companies are not friends, they are a means to an end. And you are their means to an end. They will use you, just like you will use them. If they want you to work pong hours for as little pay as they can get away with, walk away. There are other jobs out there. They may not be glamorous, but they are out there.

No one ever pays me in gum :/

"Don't take wooden nickels"

Steinbeck

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.

They're going to have these giant data centers, and they will have residences next door, and a small little town will grow up around it, and the only money allowed will be company scrip, and these people will be trapped, essentially slaves.

It's time to start demanding we be paid our wages in gold fucking nuggets.

This idea was most recently floated by Thibault Sottiaux at OpenAI: [Twitter, archive]

I am increasingly asked during candidate interviews how much dedicated inference compute they will have to build with Codex.

Aren't these candidates asking about token budgets for doing their job? This has nothing to do with compensation...

Funny idea, but never going to happen, not legal.

If only WorldCom had thought of paying employees in long distance minutes (they got for free at work), they'd still be around today, under theory that employees would still have worked there.

When society finally crumbles and the people storm the white house I have dibs on that gold wall sconce from home depot. The one on the left side, in that room where the lamp is, by the end table.

What's is that good for?