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[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now, the company says it imagines an "Uber-type of setup" to fill their ranks, with gig workers logging in remotely to argue with customers from the comfort of their own homes.

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

"We're going to expose customers' personal data to whoever with little to no accountability" is all I can see there

[–] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

kim-drip-too-hard My peeps got ya' back.

[–] CredibleBattery@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Futurism? Like the fascists?

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago
[–] Cimbazarov@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

You don't know what you got until it's gone billionaire-tears

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wow.. talk about jumping the gun there. "We're first to base our whole company on an LLM! Oh no, it was a bad move!"

2 years they've been doing this? How are they still around?

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

Because the goal was to get rid of employee bargaining rights:

Now, the company says it imagines an "Uber-type of setup" to fill their ranks, with gig workers logging in remotely to argue with customers from the comfort of their own homes.

They'll use this to reduce their workforce to 10% of what it was, but still expect them to pick up 100% of the slack caused by the AI.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

oh my how unexpected

these people need to be set on fire

[–] ScrubsFloorsInHyrule@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

As Siemiatkowski told Bloomberg, "cost unfortunately seems to have been a too predominant evaluation factor when organizing this, what you end up having is lower quality."

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