Wild how much of the AI “revolution” is underpaid workers around the world. - ThreadSky

jphillll.bsky.social • 154 days ago

Wild how much of the AI “revolution” is underpaid workers around the world.

Lesley Stahl reports on the growing market of “humans in the loop” — workers around the world who help train AI for big American tech companies. They say they face poor working conditions, low pay, and undertreated psychological trauma. Sunday on 60 ⏱️

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valorb.bsky.social•154 days ago

Again.

James Cameron's The Terminator was a Documentary. We should curb AI to just Factory Machines with Employees capable of maintaining them, IF AT ALL.

Otherwise we should ban AI outright.

karlbode.com•153 days ago

on the plus side we're also putting unprecedented strain on energy systems already being pushed to the brink due to a destabilizing climate

welcome2absurdia.bsky.social•153 days ago

That sounds exactly like us. Lalalalala we’re always the heroes lalalalala!

benjitwinkletoes.bsky.social•154 days ago

This is Trumps America!

celquirin.bsky.social•153 days ago

Kinda reminds me of the fast fashion industry. Unfortunate and sad.

tomquixote.bsky.social•154 days ago

AI might be artificial, but there's nothing artificial about the exploitation

homebodymedia.bsky.social•154 days ago

I’m shocked 😒

silverfromtwitter.bsky.social•154 days ago

luv 60 minutes

ichyknees.bsky.social•154 days ago

A lot of it actually and people don’t realize it because the front side of these “AI” functions mask the backend human effort that is required to make so much of this stuff work.

Machine Turk comes to mind.

turtleshelf.bsky.social•154 days ago

That plus the climate burden plus the money funnel to the already wealthy is why the current ai bubble is such a neat little microcosm of capitalism. It's got everything! All the hits

emilmertzel.bsky.social•154 days ago

It’s mechanical Turks all the way down

grimsworth.bsky.social•153 days ago

Underpaying Is Always the best strategy for capitalism

caelanaegana.bsky.social•154 days ago

To quote one of my favorite memes from one of my favorite podcasts, Trash Future, "What if your robot was just a guy?"

tinydonkey.bsky.social•154 days ago

In just 150 years we've moved from mechanical Turks to digital Turks. The future has so many wonders to behold.

endikay.bsky.social•154 days ago

Funny coincidence! Soon you'll tell me Elons AI robots were low paid actors in shitty costumes too...

isabellemain.bsky.social•154 days ago

Wow, rich tech bros treat workers badly, I'm so surprised and shocked. Absolutely flabbergasted.

bdonnelly.bsky.social•152 days ago

Corollary: Wild how much of *anything* is underpaid workers around the world.

neurionsa.bsky.social•153 days ago

zz9pluralzalpha.bsky.social•154 days ago

‘It’s AI’ means ‘it’s actually Indians’

jthomasalbert.bsky.social•154 days ago

If a manufacturing process is a "black box" it's guaranteed to be full of exploited people.

welcome2absurdia.bsky.social•153 days ago

OMFingG!!!!!!!!!!!!

radlein.bsky.social•154 days ago

It's Mechanical Turks All the Way Down

lrshedupodcast.bsky.social•154 days ago

catsculptor.bsky.social•154 days ago

The About 90% of the current "tech economy" is just slightly more advanced Mechanical Turks

baptistebourdon.bsky.social•153 days ago

@zitron.bsky.social

corvursus.bsky.social•153 days ago

Same with for-hire bikes and scooters. The illusion is endless neatly organized scooters and bikes ready to go. The reality is an underpaid dude in a pickup who has to run around every night and collect the scooters everyone just leaves lying around

princeennui.bsky.social•154 days ago

the secret is always slavery

jenthetracy.bsky.social•154 days ago

and art theft!

voxelforge.bsky.social•154 days ago

The same old scam.

hugoyyo.bsky.social•154 days ago

AI= An Indian

abrasivetea.bsky.social•154 days ago

Capitalism

turblescelbor.bsky.social•153 days ago

I appreciate that almost every innovation by capital in my lifetime is "what if we could just get slaves again?"

wolf329.bsky.social•152 days ago

the entire end goal of AGI is just "acceptable slavery"

satyrosphilbrucato.bsky.social•152 days ago

"Hear me out! What if we just lock a bunch of people into offices in countries no American can find on a map, slide some food under the door occasionally, say we came up with some hot new tech, have those people do the work, make fat bank from investors, then run off with all the money?"

"Genius!"

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