Big Tech Is Faking AI
Big Tech Is Faking AI
A new report has shown that Amazon's "Just Walk Out" AI checkout process is actually processed by 1,000 staff in India. Tech companies are under pressure to deliver AI, so we have fake AI announcements, fake AI demonstrations, and AI being the excuse for brazenly breaking the law and screwing over ...
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This might be the most awfully absurd thing that could ever happen.
“We got perfectly capable humans doing that job pretending to be AIs so that we can sell more incapable AIs services, AND prevent the AI bubble from bursting. Gotta make some big $$$ out of this shit, 2008 style baby”
Lest anyone think this is a new scam:
It's also worth noting that this is famous enough that Amazon has offered a service called Mechanical Turk since 2005.
The implementation and service are both fine in theory, but you do need to be clear that what's being paid for is humans pretending to be computers.