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My Job Is to Train Tesla's Cars to Drive Themselves

www.businessinsider.com I work on Tesla's Autopilot team. I watch hours of customers' driving videos every day and am monitored constantly.

A worker on Tesla's Autopilot team described what it's like labeling the influx of driver videos.

I work on Tesla's Autopilot team. I watch hours of customers' driving videos every day and am monitored constantly.

Some quotes from the article:

There is something very strange about having this very intimate view into someone's life. It feels odd to see someone's daily drive, but it's also an important part of correcting and refining the program.

We review about five and a half to six hours of footage per day. It can be very hard to focus. You can get in this kind of fog when you're just watching clip after clip and it can be difficult to keep yourself sane.

Anytime you're not clicking around in the software program, it tracks you as if you aren't working and it basically sets off an alarm to your superiors.

These jobs sound very dystopian to me, and a bit psychopathic as well. All the movies I watched growing up about dystopian societies is reflected in what this guy says about his job.

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