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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've heard a few instances in which "AI" is just a bunch people responding to a voice to text feed in the Philippines.

So much of this isn't really technology. It's just a new kind of service sector outsourcing.

Amazons Mechanical turk in a nutshell

I think McDs always planned to roll out remote customer service to really maximize capitalism. And wrapping it under AI because that's a trendy buzzword!

[–] SuperNinjaFury@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

This reminds me of a post I saw once were someone said AI stood for Actually Indian