fruitycoder comments on Silicon Valley's AI elite are shelling out as much as $6,000/hour for 'nerdy escorts' who can talk tech and crypto

Silicon Valley's AI elite are shelling out as much as $6,000/hour for 'nerdy escorts' who can talk tech and crypto (finance.yahoo.com)

submitted 5 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Paying an escort to spend time with you certainly doesn't come with the same sacrifices as an organic relationship. And, unlike chatbots, "nerdy escorts" are real people who can provide human perspectives on things like AI, crypto and economics instead of just echoing back a tech worker's thoughts on such subjects.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 46 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Its funny how to many the whole concept seems new, but to me it's just the topics and price range.

Escorts, and strippers have been entertaining patrons with intellectual conversations probally for as long as the second oldest profession has been around.

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[–] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

intellectual conversations

crypto

Pick one.

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[+] moustachio@lemmy.world -6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The irony of your comment might kill me.

You know crypto doesn’t just mean coins… right? It’s a whole concept that applies to lots of things outside of cryptocurrency.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That would be general purpose cryptography, and is never abbreviated to crypto.

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[–] moustachio@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

“Crypto” can encompass things that aren’t “coins” though—like land deeds. It’s just a protocol to secure & verify ownership in a decentralized way.

My point is, the actual concept of it absolutely could be an intellectual conversation. Their confidently ignorant quip about what qualifies is silly.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 4 months ago

Seriously. I actually did some male escorting for a little in college. It's mostly just conversation. I can count the amount of times it was sexual on one hand.