NormalTownLeader

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Apps like Uber and DoorDash use AI to determine pay. Workers say this makes it impossible to predict wages in c/sociology@mander.xyz
[–] NormalTownLeader@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

This is exactly the sort of thing I'm worried about with AI.

Let's take a quick step back. AI/Machine Learning is a program that is set to learn how to accomplish one specific job, and to do that job very well. For this example, let's say the AI needs to be able to identify any picture with a cat in it. Programmers develop the framework for this code, and then feed the AI with test cases aimed to "teach" the AI how to do this job with minimal errors. It will be fed correct pictures as well as incorrect ones (some with other animals, or paintings rather than pictures). With enough test cases and human confirmation that the results were correct or incorrect, the AI can successfuly identify pictures of cats with little to no errors.

But thing is, and this is important, the developers of AI generally don't know exactly how the AI program is able to make these determinations. They just feed it test cases and confirmation when the bot is right. AIs obviously don't have human brains and think the way we do, so the connections they make are through various patterns that people may not be able to determine. This is fine with identifying cat photos, but let's apply this back to the Uber and DoorDash payment methods. This means that these companies are not paying their employees based on human standards and expectations of a job well done, but based off of pattern recognition from an AI that may lower or raise pay based off of elements that are completely unknown to the worker and the company, and may not even be items the company wants to encourage (they just don't know what the AI is rewarding).

I have no concerns of the unrealistic "robots cause the apocalypse" nonsense that hollywood loves, my concern is people assigning AI jobs that AI shouldn't do and assuming AI is some master super intellect instead of the trained program it is.

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Leaving Reddit unironically made me touch grass (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by NormalTownLeader@mander.xyz to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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Exactly what the title says. I used to look at Reddit and spend 2+ hours minimum every single day, more on the weekends. Once the API changes were announced and the protest date hit, I decided I would stop using it regardless of what happened moving forward.

I made a lemmy account and I do enjoy posting and reading occasionally, but I don't sink nearly as much time into it as I did with Reddit. After the first couple days where I really had to fight not to look at Reddit (guess it was addictive for me), I started doing other things in my free time to alleviate my boredom. I have read two books, and am starting on another book tomorrow. I have started work on personal projects I put on the back burner and have been making some genuine progress.

I was never a mod, but I feel kind of pathetic admitting this because it's such a meme that Reddit mods/admins haven't seen the sunlight for years. Guess my life was also passing me more than I realized. I don't really have a moral/point here because I know not everyone has as much of an addictive personality as I do, guess I just felt like sharing.

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A community for long-lasting purchases? (mander.xyz)
 

I am looking for a community that recommends purchases for items that last a long time, are durable, generally worth their money. For example clothing brands that avoid fast fashion, pots and pans that don't lose their coating after one year, things like that.

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Trying to learn how to take care of plants, advice welcome! (mander.xyz)
 

Hello! I posted a few days ago on !houseplants@mander.xyz and one of the comments mentioned there was this succulent-specific community so I figured I would post here as well! So for a bit of background I have a black thumb, I've tried caring for plants in the past and they always seem to die on me. I'm trying to change this! I bought a handful of succulents and am trying to figure out how to keep them alive. Any advice is welcome!

The succulents: dwarf jade, panda plant, echeveria elegans, split rock, and there's one more that I'm having trouble identifying so if anyone recognizes it please let me know! It's the spiky one.