what does UBI have to do with getting paid for making cool shit?

thunderfork · 2026-01-31T01:59:59 1769824799

You can make cool shit without having to do the work of productizing and monetizing it

airstrike · 2026-01-31T04:35:49 1769834149

Yes, and a magic fairy creates the economic value that funds the UBI

Nextgrid · 2026-01-31T04:57:02 1769835422

Every company and their dog is saying that LLMs/"AI" is supposed to be that magic fairy anytime now.

thunderfork · 2026-02-05T22:21:58 1770330118

The economic value is still created even if it's not captured as currency. Look at open source software - would you say that ffmpeg hasn't created any economic value just because the developers aren't charging for it?