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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] alexdeathway@programming.dev 8 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

More like 500 Indians in a trenchcoat.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Is this in reference to something specific?

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 28 points 6 hours 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 19 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 5 hours 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 5 hours ago

Many such cases!