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Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores (www.ft.com)
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https://archive.ph/2026.05.12-050231/https://www.ft.com/content/8ee0d3ef-9548-422d-8ff1-ebd48ad4b2ca?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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[–] bonenode@piefed.social 14 points 3 weeks ago

Surprise. You set a metric to be reached with the consequence of losing your job if you don't, so people will figure out ways to reach the metric, no matter what.