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

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

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

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 - podcast

time: 6 min 57 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/12/ai-companies-try-to-pay-staff-in-ai-tokens-not-money/ - blog post

[dysfun@social.treehouse.systems]

@davidgerard okay that SOUL.md line is pretty good

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@davidgerard You load 16 gigs, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

[naahrathescaled@furry.engineer]

@davidgerard Welcome back, scrip

[thriftwicker@mastodon.social]

@davidgerard Sooo get the fuck out of there maybe? Quit and let it collapse.

[contrasocial@mastodon.social]

@davidgerard

"Aw mom, scrambled AI tokens for dinner again?"

[alexbrn@mastodon.org.uk]

@davidgerard D'Oh

[moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org]

@davidgerard
>failed cryptobaron Sam Altman wants to pay his employees in chatbot/datacenter tickets
What excuse will he belch out to dodge the inevitable legal action?

[captain_jack_sparrow@mastodon.world]

@davidgerard

"PIVOT TO AI" ?

THEY CAN SIT AND FUCKING SPIN

#AIhype #aicon ##aibubble #boycottai #palantir #karp

[rycochet@furs.social]

@davidgerard What are the odds their employees have clauses in their contracts that give the AI company ownership of anything developed while on their payroll, even if done in their down time? It would be absolutely on brand for the induatry to pay someone in compute time then turn around and claim their personal projects the second they're shown the door, even if the app they come up with is vibe coded garbage.