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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:40:30 JST feld
   > ChatGPT Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour
   
   I understand you hate ChatGPT but you could actually write an accurate title for the article instead of making it sound like a bunch of slaves are locked in an internet cafe and forced to mechanical turk every question that flashes on their screens
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:43:08 JST feld

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     other things using cheap human labor to classify content:
     
     > Facebook Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour
     
     > Youtube Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour
     
     > Twitter Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour
     
     > OpenDNS Is Powered by Human Contractors Getting Paid $15 Per Hour
     
     Almost everything that needs humans to make a decision and the amount of work is mind bogglingly large uses outsourced labor to tackle these incredibly tedious and menial tasks.
     
     This picked up a lot around 2010 but it's been a thing for... decades?
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     Internet Rando (mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:49:49 JST Internet Rando

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     @feld

     *cough* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ *cough*

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:49:49 JST feld

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     • Internet Rando
     yes, computers were literally women
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:50:19 JST feld

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     • Internet Rando
     Though I will say that the math they were doing was not menial. Same with our codebreakers in WW2.