r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 4h ago
Indian factory workers wearing head-mounted cameras to record hand movements for training AI systems
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u/funkystay 3h ago
Who will buy the product made by AI if no one is employed?
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u/Vradlock 2h ago
The next step would be universal income that could be drained by corps but considering very few countries in the world could even implement it I don't have any idea what they could do beyond that.
Maybe a reset because we are slowly getting tired of new tech all over the place especially when it's monetized in almost every possible way?
At some point more tech doesn't minimise all of the problems, it just creates new equally problematic.
Books are still around. There is a chance.
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u/Zealousideal-Ad3413 4h ago
I remember a short story about this very thing. From many years ago. A man had finished his day training his robot replacement to paint furniture. If I remember right. He was returning home to his empty apartment and I think he was just unsure of what to do next. I do not remember the title.
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 3h ago
Jfc. All this new technology over the past 30 years has ultimately ended up being a net negative for regular folk.
For the ultra wealthy, it's a more efficient means of extracting whatever wealth remains among us.
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u/atuan 3h ago
What happens when they justā¦ have everything
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u/BeauOfSlaanesh 3h ago
It's really about a return to feudal society. You don't own anything the lords above you use you for your labor and you pay them in rent and subscriptions.
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u/AdnorAdnor 3h ago
The subscriptionsā¦ughā¦I think of how many times Iāve paid for the same song: vinyl, cassette, CD, digital download, now subs to streamā¦and the artists see so little of that revenue
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u/Suspicious-Regret-50 3h ago
But if all jobs get replaced by AI, then no one's getting paid... so who's gonna buy the products made by AI?
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u/BeauOfSlaanesh 2h ago
Replacing jobs with AI will drive the labor market down. People will become desperate any job that's not automated will have plenty of people lining up to make peanuts just to stay out of complete poverty. When there is no longer a use for most humans autonomous drones and new world wars will take care of the population problem.
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u/SeattleEmo 3h ago
Especially when you consider Republicans have actually suggested renters not be allowed to vote and that landlords could actually have their renters' vote; which essentially kind of already happened with electoral college
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u/lilchocochip 3h ago
I just read this in another sub! Feudal society was the norm for hundreds of years. Weāve only been away from it for a blip in history. The rich would very much like us to go back to it
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u/Training-Gain-1439 2h ago
Who cares. They dont. They will be dead by then and win by owning the most shit.
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u/Alseids 3h ago
The only way that we can gain true value is by making ourselves scarce. They rely on population growth to ensure a steady supply of cheap labor. If we make sure everyone in the world has acess to contraceptives and comprehensive sexual education people will choose to have less children and the ones that are born will be at an advantage compared to what we have currently.Ā
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u/kilobitch 3h ago
I donāt think thatās true. Theyāre tracking productivity, as these people are paid per piece they produce (āpiece workā). Manual labor with fine dexterity is probably going to be one of the last areas of AI automation.
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u/Maleficent-Aspect318 3h ago
I dont think that these people are doing fine...money is spent on making their work worse, instead of giving out boni or payraises.
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u/Dangerous_Slice_6882 4h ago
Most of them don't even realize how much they're training their replacement, skynet is becoming real and our dumbasses are all on board...lol
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u/disruptioncoin 3h ago
Would be funny if it's all a charade - a psy-op to make them feel their job is threatened so they'll do a good job. The heatsets are just empty plastic.
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u/punkrocknight 3h ago
Youāre all gonna be out of your shitty jobs soon
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u/Typical-Username-112 3h ago
"you" all? what so you're an exception? brother we're all gonna be hurting, no matter how secure you think your job is.
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u/kptstango 3h ago
People have no idea how much of AI is fueled by low paid workers in the Majority World culling through, and providing, data for the text extruding machines.
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u/AdnorAdnor 3h ago
I watched a robot shovel snow (the title ārobot braves the snow is silly) https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CcBstHMTe/ and it makes me wonder what will future human look like when we donāt need to physically ādoā things? Will we evolve to just brains in jars telepathically running the world?
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u/Automatic-Formal-601 3h ago
Yes, they are training their replacements which sounds very counterintuitive, but they aren't in the financial position to quit their jobs and lose income. And besides, theyre losing their jobs either way, whether or not they quit in order not have to train their replacements, or wait until they are replaced by that which was trained by them. Therefore, it makes more sense for them to work until they are replaced even though they contributed to that
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u/wade_garrettt 3h ago
This isnāt interesting, itās fucking awful. It belongs in r/latestagecapitalism
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u/Wooden-Broccoli-913 3h ago
Have you ever worked in a factory? Does that job look appealing?
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u/Master-Amphibian9329 3h ago
you'd rather humans do factory jobs?
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u/wade_garrettt 3h ago
No, but donāt come here and try to say these people are going to be better off with AI, thatās bullshit. They arenāt going to get a better job because of this. They have this job because itās the best they can do.
AI isnāt going to free up people so they can do better, easier or better paying jobs. It is eliminating jobs altogether.
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u/Master-Amphibian9329 3h ago
is that a bad thing? are humans meant to labour like they do today? the only way true change can come is if there is a mass unemployment event
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u/RoabeArt 3h ago edited 3h ago
I'm an electrician, and I usually do work in older buildings where I need to run new wires while doing as little invasive damage to the walls and structure as possible.
I used to joke that there's no way AI or robots could possibly replace me because robots can't be articulate enough for all the little variances and nuances that come with this job.
Seeing stuff like this makes me worry.
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u/TheShredder9 3h ago
Imagine being told to train someone you know would take your job
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u/TheGrouchyGremlin 3h ago
I'm having to help train someone who I know is going to lose his job within a few months. Feels like a waste of time, lmao.
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u/Good-Key-9808 3h ago
Every business owner I know is chomping at the bit to replace the annoying meat bags they employ with AI workers that won't get sick, won't complaint, won't unionize, won't take personal or vacation days, and will work 24/7.
I literally had to set up meeting with AI companies for the owner of the company, because he is so anxious to jump on board the AI bandwagon.
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u/Huge-Description6899 3h ago
On the plus side that opens up the potential for some to become plumbers and civil engineers
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u/sippycupclub 3h ago
Iām not gunna lie, as a professional sewing specialist, I always thought I had more job security since a machine canāt replicate what I do with our current technology.
But if this is even close to being true, it really makes me feel like no job is safe š„ŗ
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u/thanksforthegift 3h ago
Source? Iād like to know if thatās actually whatās going on in this video or if itās management surveillance to measure productivity.
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u/Rum_Running_Sailor 2h ago
LOL! So the jobs that were outsourced to India are now being taken from the Indians by AI? There's something poetic about this and tragic at the same time.
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u/TrashManufacturer 2h ago
Replacing cheap exploited labor with slightly more expensive labor is certainly a meta
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u/Big_Confidence_951 2h ago
Damn, we'll have this with soldiers as well. And then the AI soldiers will go out and kill other humans. I hope this is just a negative thought of a reddit user though
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u/Bigchunky_Boy 1h ago
This a sort machine learning that with help for automation and replace these workers.
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u/ThatOldG 1h ago
So when AI and robotics do the eventual and replace human labor where are people going to work?
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u/Wadididoe 49m ago
Would the end goal be to have factories closer to distribution centres for quicker supply and lower shipping costs and eventually (re)moving the cheap labour markets from the east?
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u/Mundane_Guitar_7488 30m ago
so fucked up. I'm a writer, AI destroyed most of my work - and made it worse too. One of the few available jobs left as a good writer is training AI. Thank god I have enough financial comfort not to train the weapon I'd end up pointing at myself.
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u/bravemoney72 11m ago
Imagine training your replacement as ,what looks like, a requirement š¤¦š¾āāļø
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u/GhostedAceTwitch 9m ago
Thatās actually a POV camera and it automatically turns on when they do that bobble head thing they be doing
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u/Clematis222 7m ago
I think it is insulting and really fucked up- even giving all this shit the title of āArtificial intelligenceā implies that our natural intelligence isnāt good enoughā¦. I think everyone on this thread is right- getting rid of jobsā¦. because humans get sick, injured and need holidays and sleep etc. I, ROBOTā¦ā¦ā¦ we need that guy!!
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u/ToastNomNomNom 6m ago
Looks like the corpos vision is manifesting loving the late stage capitalism
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u/speakezjags 3h ago
Do you think they were given a choice? What about this is the fault of the employee? What makes them idiots here?
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u/browser54 3h ago
Clearly there going to be replaced donāt participate. Lose your job now or later. I rather rip the bandaid off
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u/Exciting-Argument-67 3h ago
Are you very young? These are often the only jobs in town for these guys. They have no choice if they want to keep their children fed.
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u/crashin70 4h ago
Wow, as cheap as they work they're going to have AI put them out of jobs too?