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Keen bosses, strange mistakes and a looming threat: workers on training AI to do their jobs (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 14 hours ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Workers grappling with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence have said they feel “devalued” by the technology and warned of a downward trajectory in the quality of work.

Recent analysis by the International Monetary Fund found AI would affect about 40% of jobs around the world. Its head, Kristalina Georgieva, has said: “This is like a tsunami hitting the labour market.”

Workers who have trained AI models to replace some or all of their roles tell the Guardian about their experiences.

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

There's slack time in people's daily work hours. You work an 8 hour day, possibly you're only actually productive for 4 to 6 hours.

Take that into account and suddenly that thing that claims it can cut an hour or two here and there gets a lot more interesting.