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Re:We gave an AI a 3-year Lease. It opened a store by altruios on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:03PM (#47796320)
I assume if they get fired by the AI during the experiment they are still paid to sit at home. It would not invalidate the experiment.
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Re:We gave an AI a 3-year Lease. It opened a store by pessimizer on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:06PM (#47796368)
Why do you assume that?
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Re:We gave an AI a 3-year Lease. It opened a store by notahacker on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:14PM (#47798121)
it's about the only way of reconciling experimental validity (if the AI can't "fire" staff and remove them from business operations and their P&L account in situations when it would be legal and normal to do so, is it really running a business?) and not having the massive ethical issue of people being arbitrarily fired because a computer glitched. Whether that's what they actually do is tbc.
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