2024-02-19
All we want, really, is just to talk to a human being who's not under pressure from their employer to sell us things, constrain us to a perfunctory time slot, or discourage us from unsubscribing. Removing the humanity from a conversation isn't the big win you think it is.
Wired
An interview with Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor, co-founders of conversational AI startup Sierra, on using several AI models at once, building AI agents, and more
basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going to completely change the way companies exist digitally.” - Wired http...
2024-01-30
To me this reads rather like looking at the damage social media has done after having extracted untold billions from it. Something or other signalling.
TechCrunch
Meta partners with the Center for Open Science to share data for researching online well-being, before January 31's Congressional hearing on kids' online safety
2020-10-24
Disgraceful exploitation of contractor staff, if true. #Facebook moderators forced to work in #Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown" https://www.theguardian.com/ ... #CPL #Ireland #Covid19
The Guardian
Facebook moderators working for CPL in Ireland say they are being forced to go into the office after the contractor categorized them as “essential workers”
Alex Hern / The Guardian :