It occurs to me this morning that my problem (well, one of them) with AI training work is that I’m a perfectionist. As if you hadn’t noticed…. AI training companies
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A total AI fail on sourcingA total AI fail on sourcing
As a follow-up to my previous post about the MAHA Commission Report and the fabrication of sources by AI, I just wanted to give a quick example of how that
Fat, drunk, and stupid vs. thin, greedy, lazy, and stupidFat, drunk, and stupid vs. thin, greedy, lazy, and stupid
“Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” — Dean Vernon Wormer, Animal House This is a list of allegedly august personages: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,
So you want a job in AI? Let’s see what AI has to say about your chances.So you want a job in AI? Let’s see what AI has to say about your chances.
What follows here is a back-and-forth with a commercially available AI model about a job posting that was sent to me by a popular employment website. Me: Please take a
When it comes to Charles Kushner, AI thinks I’m full of shit.When it comes to Charles Kushner, AI thinks I’m full of shit.
I knew AI would fail because AI doesn’t know anything that has happened recently (and sometimes “recently” means within the past year). However, these failures are particularly obnoxious. Me [quoting
An AI’s Take on Donald Fagen’s Take on AIAn AI’s Take on Donald Fagen’s Take on AI
While mowing the lawn yesterday, Donald Fagen’s song “I.G.Y.” popped up on my playlist. If you don’t know the song — or just want to hear it again — you
Why R. Crumb is smarter than AI and (especially) its developersWhy R. Crumb is smarter than AI and (especially) its developers
I’ve added this image as something you will see under the menu links that have to do with AI: It’s some badass R. Crumb. I came across it as the
The Frankenstein Problem, or The Heart of AIThe Frankenstein Problem, or The Heart of AI
One of the things that AI developers try to convey to their workers is that we shouldn’t think of the AI model we are working with as human. We shouldn’t
Paving the road to hell; or the consequences of not being a drone.Paving the road to hell; or the consequences of not being a drone.
Please allow me to speculate on how I got fired from a totally alienating job a few months ago. The work I was doing involved marking up possible computer responses
Artificial Intelligence, Fake Facts, and No ChancesArtificial Intelligence, Fake Facts, and No Chances
So after about a year and a half of working as a human trainer for artificial intelligence and search algorithms, my ass got put into the unemployment line for a