this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 15 points 1 week ago

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

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 6 days ago

They'll blow their money on AI.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 1 week 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

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

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