Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals

Employees say they weren’t adequately warned about the brutality of some of the text and images they would be tasked with reviewing, and were offered no or inadequate psychological support. Workers were paid between $1.46 and $3.74 an hour, according to a Sama spokesperson.

  • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’m a DevOps engineer. I work with big technology every day. I am very definitively not a Luddite. But the way the capitalists controlling our economy view and want to use AI is harmful to us, the lower and middle classes. I’m not sure which part of my view is so stupid that it enters into psuedoscience, leading me to not even being wrong

      • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
        10·
        1 year ago

        I could not make it any clearer I think the root cause is capitalism. That you’re putting the focus elsewhere is exhausting

        • ReCursing@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          No I agree. Keep going… Why are you therefore daemonising AI rather than focusing your ire where it belongs?

          • The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
            9·
            1 year ago

            I’m not demonizing AI. I’m demonizing OpenAI, the shitty company. I’m demonizing CEOs and publishing executives who think they can pass off an inferior product vomited out by a robot record scratching the entire history of human creativity while we get stuck doing bullshit jobs for Uber, DoorDash, Fiverr, and the rest.

            You think I have a position on AI that I don’t and it’s exhausting repetitively explaining to you that I don’t think AI is the problem, I think capitalism is. What part of what I am saying is not clear? Why do you want to treat me like a moron luddite for something I don’t believe and didn’t say? I’m more and more getting the impression that you and I are on the same page about this but you’re inserting a position onto me I do not hold.

            That’s why I said this is exhausting. In fact you’re exhausting. In fact, I feel like I’m being a jerk and I’m starting to think you’re a jerk

          • acastcandream@beehaw.org
            10·
            1 year ago

            I was talking to someone the other day, and they used a great phrase to describe what you are doing: “that classic Reddit performative snark.“ We both know you are not here really trying to have a conversation. You are grinding an ax, you are trying to make people look foolish in an effort to make yourself look right by dropping one liners/quips. It’s very disrespectful and it’s a waste of both of our times for you to pretend you’re not doing it. So if you would like to have a real discussion, I am on board, but otherwise let’s just move on.

              • acastcandream@beehaw.org
                7·
                1 year ago

                At least you’re admitting what you’re doing, so I guess that’s something. I don’t agree that I have been treating you in kind, but if you just spend your days going around mimicking/mocking people who you think are “engaging in bad faith,” you’re not going to get a lot of great results. Ultimately it’s up to you to decide how you want to engage with people. Have a good one man. 

              • TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.orgM
                3·
                1 year ago

                @ReCursing, @Cube6392, @acastcandream - I think there is discussion to be had here, but it’s clear to me that folks are getting a bit too heated to be kind to one another. I completely understand, this is a topic that is complicated and that lots of folks are passionate about. I think it is probably time for everyone involved to disengage from the discussion and cool off. If you have questions or concerns, please direct them to me via DM.