This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford Uhmmm...
Here's a much older site that does the same thing: https://www.mturk.com/
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@kyleford Uhmmm...
Here's a much older site that does the same thing: https://www.mturk.com/
@Chip_Unicorn hehe yep, but at least there were human bosses!
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
Reverse centaur as a service.
RCaaS.
Did not see that coming, or have it on my bingo card.
I mean, it is basically Task Rabbit, with an extra layer of disintermediation inserted between "hiring manager" who funded the bot wallet, and the doer, with the extra wrinkle that the tasks being requested are whatever fell out of the next token machine.
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford wow, a "be the human to take the blame" service
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford@hachyderm.io
How is that any different than Amazon's old "Mechanical Turk"? -
@kyleford@hachyderm.io
How is that any different than Amazon's old "Mechanical Turk"?@gme the bosses in this case aren't human!
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford and the default way to get paid is via crypto…
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@kyleford and the default way to get paid is via crypto…
@mariyadelano bleak times
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@gme the bosses in this case aren't human!
@kyleford@hachyderm.io
Neither are the bosses for every Amazon Warehouse employee or delivery driver. They're all humans that are being directed and instructed by AI.
I wasn't trying to argue your point because I think your point is a fair one, just pointing out that we have had what you're describing for the past 5-10 years already so this is nothing new. -
@kyleford@hachyderm.io
Neither are the bosses for every Amazon Warehouse employee or delivery driver. They're all humans that are being directed and instructed by AI.
I wasn't trying to argue your point because I think your point is a fair one, just pointing out that we have had what you're describing for the past 5-10 years already so this is nothing new.@gme ha this is (sadly) fair!
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford Bloody hell!
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This is the most dystopian thing I've seen all week, and I'm living in 2026 America so that's *saying something*
@kyleford OMG. “The Meatspace Layer for AI.” Women are used to being treated like pieces of meat. How do you men like it?
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