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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
mbrumlow: > he started his second job as the human labor behind AI sex botsThis makes no sense. AI sex bots don’t need humans texting and role playing.I don’t think whoever wrote this article understands what AI is.Note the fist job of describing what was in the video seems like somebody building a AI dataset.
heraldgeezer: Yea, sounds like a typical media piece to evoke emotion. "oh no the poor africans"What is an "AI sex bot" ?Because ChatGTP, Claude, Gemini, Grock and Mistral can all ERP...
slg: >I don’t think whoever wrote this article understands what AI is.The question isn't whether the author understands what "AI" means, it is whether "AI" has any actual technical meaning at all or whether it is simply a buzzword slapped on any product that marketers think it will help sell. If you want an actual description of this specific job, you can click through one of the links in the article[1]:>Chat moderators are hired by companies such as Texting Factory, Cloudworkers, and New Media Services to impersonate fabricated identities, often romantic or sexual, and chat with paying users who believe they’re forming genuine connections. The goal is to keep users engaged, meet message quotas, and never reveal who you really are. It’s work that demands constant emotional performance: pretending to be someone you’re not, feeling what you don’t feel, and expressing affection you don’t mean.[1] - https://archive.ph/ESnXx#selection-526.0-526.1
tartuffe78: You must not see Facebook ads. Every other one is for an "AI Girlfriend" no matter how many I hide.
kristopolous: Jason certainly does [1]. The commercial bots seamlessly traverse between AI, auto-respond and human.It's very much an ensemble method. That's why people pay for it over just downloading an abliterated model from hf with system prompt hacking[1] https://computerhistory.org/profile/jason-koebler/
renewiltord: Phone sex line guy upset he had to do phone sex. What.
heraldgeezer: Correct. Never on Facebook, don't have the app. On a browser I always use AdBlock.
3rodents: “Actually Indians” is a meme for a reasonhttps://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/the-company-whose--ai--wa...https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actual...https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/former-nate-ceo-human-worke...
klueinc: Appaled at the lack of empathy for labellers from other comments here.
