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Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human | TechCrunch
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"Turkers" appear to be using AI to do tasks that were specifically intended to be done by humans because AI couldn't. Great job everybody!
Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human | TechCrunch Image Credits: API/Gamma-Raphio/Getty / Getty Images AI Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human Devin Coldewey 12:14 PM PDT · June 14, 2023 File this one under inevitable but hilarious. Mechanical Turk is a service that from its earliest days seemed to invite shenanigans, and indeed researchers show that nearly half of its “turkers” appear to be using AI to do tasks that were specifically intended to be done by humans because AI couldn’t. We’ve closed the loop on this one; gre
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