nobodyJun 3
Very Hairy Jerry
I figured y’all might enjoy this. Story is here: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/how-this-billion-dollar-london-startup-backed-by-microsoft-made-700-engineers-sitting-in-india-pose-as-ai/articleshow/121572659.cms
Jun 3 at 11:05pmWeb
Show threadTrisJun 3
@jerry Reminded me of https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/amazon-ends-ai-powered-store-checkout-which-needed-1000-video-reviewers/ xD
Amazon Fresh kills “Just Walk Out” shopping tech—it never really worked

“AI” checkout was actually powered by 1,000 human video reviewers in India.

Ars Technica
Show threadSiguzaJun 3
@jerry the Theranos strategy, I see
Show threadplasticine_eraJun 3

@jerry TBH it sounds like a feature not a bug..
"Chat with builder AI.. the only online human interaction you'll have this week.."

Also, now the AI girlfriend stuff is off the table, Prasanth, the rest of the team and I are just openly dating.

Show threadozonedJun 3
@jerry seriously loved this. The trash in the background d is good, but the actual joke is reality. They'll pay for artificial intelligence, but literally won't fund real intelligence doing the job. This has to be peak capitalism.
Show threadDEY!Jun 4
@jerry hahahhahahaaha
Show threadsigi714Jun 4
@jerry Wait, isn't AGI defined as "A Guy in India"?
Show threadVery Hairy JerryJun 4
@sigi714 that makes so much more sense now
Show threadskrykingJun 4
@jerry shouldn't that dumpster be on fire?