Hourly Pay is a Complete Misalignment in the Age of AI
signulll · x · 2026-08-08
The author argues that paying people by the hour is fundamentally misaligned in the AI era. Consequently, they never pay contractors or non-full-time employees hourly, suggesting a shift towards output-based compensation.
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