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Re:Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural rend... by fragmede on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:52PM (#46832536)
what does UBI have to do with getting paid for making cool shit?
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Re:Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural rend... by thunderfork on Friday January 30, 2026 @08:59PM (#46832575)
You can make cool shit without having to do the work of productizing and monetizing it
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Re:Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural rend... by airstrike on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:35PM (#46833544)
Yes, and a magic fairy creates the economic value that funds the UBI
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Re:Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural rend... by Nextgrid on Friday January 30, 2026 @11:57PM (#46833635)
Every company and their dog is saying that LLMs/"AI" is supposed to be that magic fairy anytime now.
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Re:Antirender: remove the glossy shine on architectural rend... by thunderfork on Thursday February 05, 2026 @05:21PM (#46906226)
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?
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