this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

AI->Cocaine replacement, in which AI really is God's way of telling you you have too much money

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you want to hang out, you've gotta take her out, tech brain

If you want to get down, down on the ground, tech brain

AGI, say goodbye, ROI, tech brain

-Eric “Slophand” Slopton

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Eric "Slophand" Slopton: He's like Eric Clapton, but somehow more racist

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I hope this doesn't distract them from their core VR focus.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Can't wait to pay metaverse™ rent with libra®

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Meta has reportedly offered compensation packages worth seven to nine figures to dozens of researchers from companies like OpenAI and Google, according to The New York Times, with some already agreeing to join the company.

devil's in the detials/comp structure/yadayada, but fuck damn is it frustrating how this still means that after even a year or two a fair number of the worst people you could ever meet would be set for life

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

They'll blow their money on AI.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago

They’ll be paid in unlimited gold dust specks a million years from now