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My Job Is to Train Tesla's Cars to Drive Themselves (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 2 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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There is something very strange about having this very intimate view into someone's life. It feels odd to see someone's daily drive, but it's also an important part of correcting and refining the program.

We review about five and a half to six hours of footage per day. It can be very hard to focus. You can get in this kind of fog when you're just watching clip after clip and it can be difficult to keep yourself sane.

Anytime you're not clicking around in the software program, it tracks you as if you aren't working and it basically sets off an alarm to your superiors.

These jobs sound very dystopian to me, and a bit psychopathic as well. All the movies I watched growing up about dystopian societies is reflected in what this guy says about his job.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 121 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (16 children)

These jobs sound very dystopian to me,

Absolutely, this too from the article:

"Why didn't you make any changes to the software program for 15 minutes?" You could basically get fired for spending too long in the bathroom.

This is absolutely a hell hole of a job, they 100% need a union.
Also this actively undermines quality in what they do, a requirement to make changes, may make people make changes that aren't needed, and even possibly changes that can be detrimental to the function.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 17 points 2 months ago

Any change just for the sake of change will be detrimental to the functionality. Constant change means there is never a point in time where the overall functionality can be reviewed for stability.

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