Vending machine accepts human-written prose as payment
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Cultivated Corpora has built a prototype "Type to Pay" vending machine that dispenses snacks in exchange for freshly written human prose, which the company uses as AI training data instead of taking money. The terminal is on demonstration at the Data Vandals Newsstand at 51st and Lexington in Downtown 6 from Nov 12 through Nov 17. The company says the machine addresses a shortfall for AI firms that need more training data than currently exists. The demonstration is limited to that location and dates.
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Cultivated Corpora built a "Type to Pay" vending machine prototype that accepts freshly written human prose instead of money, dispensing snacks in exchange for text used as AI training data. The terminal is being demonstrated at the Data Vandals Newsstand at 51st and Lexington in Downtown 6 from Nov 12 through Nov 17. The company says it is filling the gap for AI firms that need more training data than currently exists.
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