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dgerard@awful.systems Joined: 2023-06-27

and sends engineers to the AI gulag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fw6hnJb_1E&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260624-meta-keeps-staff-typing-for-ai-training-then-leaks-it - podcast

time: 4 min 42 sec

YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems Joined: 2024-03-22

There was a line in the piece you linked from Wired that seemed to imply that the AAI gulag might be a holding cell for engineers who zuck didn't want to just lay off (presumably to avoid spooking investors and tanking morale even harder) but also didn't want to have on their previous role of actually working on Facebook/insta/whatever.

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