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minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoAmazon Turk pays like trash too. Though, if you have a favorable currency conversion ratio, might not be bad for you. Looked into it a few years ago to see if I could use it for some extra spending money when I was bored. Wasn’t worth it.
minus-squareEvil_incarnate@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah, I played with it a couple of times to see what it was like. I now have about eighty cents in us currency sitting in my PayPal. Woo.
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThey’re mainly used to train AI so that would be a bad move
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoMany companies are using AI to generate AI training data. Most of them are data brokers where the margins are becoming razor thin. It’s totally a bad idea, but it is definitely happening.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoGo back a decade and it was a little better
Amazon Turk pays like trash too. Though, if you have a favorable currency conversion ratio, might not be bad for you.
Looked into it a few years ago to see if I could use it for some extra spending money when I was bored. Wasn’t worth it.
Yeah, I played with it a couple of times to see what it was like. I now have about eighty cents in us currency sitting in my PayPal. Woo.
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They’re mainly used to train AI so that would be a bad move
Many companies are using AI to generate AI training data. Most of them are data brokers where the margins are becoming razor thin. It’s totally a bad idea, but it is definitely happening.
Go back a decade and it was a little better