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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] alexdeathway@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago

That one alien used for sorting the letter under the table in Men In Black.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I still can't believe Amazon named it's gig work platform "Mechanical Turk". It's beyond parody

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

More like 500 Indians in a trenchcoat.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this in reference to something specific?

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 44 points 3 weeks ago

Probably the AI company that recently revealed that they just had people in India doing work their AI was supposedly doing.

[–] alphapuggle@programming.dev 35 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Collapses? Wish Amazon would collapse after it was revealed their magic grocery store where you just walk out with what you want was just Indians viewing CCTV.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Many such cases!

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 2 points 2 weeks ago

Al: Algorythm