This is kinda scary to think about... If we at some point have to pay a 'token-tax' or 'AI-tax' just to have access to something that may be embedded in all aspects of life... I fear society will get even more divided.

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throwatdem12311 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

Friend of mine got a new job. He’s required to and only allowed to use Copilot (because muh trusted enterprise partner).

He also has to pay for his subscription/usage out of pocket. Of course they didn’t tell him this until after on-boarding.

The corpo fucks want their cake and to eat it too. That’s where we are headed. Having the privilege to pay to have a bot do our jobs for us.

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dathinab 25 minutes ago | parent [-]

I don't think this is legal??

It's like telling someone they have to drive none stop for their job but neither giving them a company car or nor a budget for it.

(To be clear done and companies get away with it != legal. I know companies sometimes get away with exactly the example I named in some cases.)

	▲	ashurandi 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It may not be legal, but somehow I don't doubt that it is happening... I recall several friends over the years being told to use their personal phones or personal computers for work when they were starting out in a new position...