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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] alexdeathway@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

More like 500 Indians in a trenchcoat.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is this in reference to something specific?

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 41 points 1 day 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 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 16 points 1 day 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 0 points 1 day ago

Many such cases!