AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money

https://lemmy.world/post/44191287

AI companies try to pay staff in AI tokens, not money - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://awful.systems/post/7579135 [https://awful.systems/post/7579135] > I owe my SOUL․md to the company store > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpoCzQ-va94&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA [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 [https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260312-ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money] - podcast > > time: 6 min 57 sec

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.