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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

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[-] someacnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

It really looks like this is getting to the end. Somewhat paradoxically, I am on the edge on the issue, nearly being forced to join the LLM hype. I think this is the indicator.

Gotta see what remains after bubble pops.

this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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