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Kaedim faked their AI-generated 3D models by just underpaying people to do it (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 year ago by self@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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404media continues to do devastatingly good tech journalism

What Kaedim’s artificial intelligence produced was of such low quality that at one point in time “it would just be an unrecognizable blob or something instead of a tree for example,” one source familiar with its process said. 404 Media granted multiple sources in this article anonymity to avoid retaliation.

this is fucking amazing. the company tries to hide it as a QA check, but they’re really just paying 3d modelers $1-$4 a pop to churn out models in 15 minutes while they pretend the work’s being done by an AI, and now I’m wondering what other AI startups have also discovered this shitty dishonest growth hack

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[–] self@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

this feels somehow even more dishonest, like one of those smart contracts that promises a ton of automation but it’s all predicated on a human-driven service giving you correct answers, and the whole thing breaks down when that service does

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 5 points 1 year ago

You got to hand it to Amazon, at least they were honest their underpaid human robot workforce was a mechanical turk ;).

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Facebook's fake Siri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M_(virtual_assistant)

[–] self@awful.systems 4 points 1 year ago

this is the one! imagine employing a vast, underpaid workforce to roleplay as a fucking virtual assistant that nobody asked for. I think I’ve even seen someone on the orange site wish they could have M back, without a hint of irony