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Creator compensation

Briefings and ideas about Creator compensation from AI podcast discussions and the research they cite, with links to the original sources.

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A proposal to pay publishers for agent reads by Shapley value

Publishers could be paid each source's estimated Shapley value for AI agent use: roughly the cost of matching answer quality without it.

Updated Aug 25, 2026

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AI & Work Briefing

Eric Weinstein's alternative to UBI: license the labor market

Eric Weinstein called universal basic income "cancer" and proposed that workers hold a saleable right to their labor market, licensing it to employers who import labor or use AI. He did not say how license prices would be set.

Oct 12, 2026 9 min read

AI & Money Briefing

Engineer's 30-year archive draws data buyers but no deal after weeks

Data buyers aren't haggling but overwhelmed, a Moonshots panel told a civil engineer whose 30-year archive drew interest from Mercor and Scale but no deal after weeks. They advised packaging it with his own price.

Sep 13, 2026 5 min read