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It makes me so sad that we are employing people (for very little money) to harm themselves psychologically. This isn’t good for anyone, this is a case where mac

It makes me so sad that we are employing people (for very little money) to harm themselves psychologically. This isn’t good for anyone, this is a case where machine learning is compulsory. We as a society have decided to hide the terrible aspects of our culture instead of deal with it. It’s why we have public and private schools, it’s why we give homeless people bus tickets out of our cities. We want to take the easy road and push our problems out of sight and out of mind. I’m not saying I have an answer but the problem of Hiding from things that disturb us can’t be a long term solution.

austenallred 9y ago
As someone who used to run a news company, I’m not sure watching all the beheadings and burning that ISIS posts is healthy or necessary, and I would advise that anyone I love to avoid watching them. I can handle a lot, but that stuff messes you up mentally, at least temporarily.
- matte_black 9y ago
  I think watching videos where normal people die in some sudden unexpected way has taught me how to be more perceptive of potential danger, even when a situation seems perfectly normal. I would say it serves a purpose, and if people must watch a gruesome video, I’d say those are the ones to watch.
  - mclightning 9y ago
    Check out "Active Self Protection", youtube channel. His channel serves exactly to this purpose. I also felt the same way as you described after watching a few of these. But I don't think there is any pragmatic reason at all to watch torture videos that terrorists do. It is not a defense confrontation. It is the aftermath, it serves no purpose, nothing to learn there.
    - matte_black 9y ago
      Active Self Protection is some good stuff, I've seen a few.
hsljekskfh 9y ago
sadly this is the last thing a company would use ml for because ml guys are expensive and this wouldn't really be profitable unless you can actually replace these workers, which are apparently getting paid minimum wage or worse

austenallred 9y ago

As someone who used to run a news company, I’m not sure watching all the beheadings and burning that ISIS posts is healthy or necessary, and I would advise that anyone I love to avoid watching them. I can handle a lot, but that stuff messes you up mentally, at least temporarily.

matte_black 9y ago
I think watching videos where normal people die in some sudden unexpected way has taught me how to be more perceptive of potential danger, even when a situation seems perfectly normal. I would say it serves a purpose, and if people must watch a gruesome video, I’d say those are the ones to watch.
- mclightning 9y ago
  Check out "Active Self Protection", youtube channel. His channel serves exactly to this purpose. I also felt the same way as you described after watching a few of these. But I don't think there is any pragmatic reason at all to watch torture videos that terrorists do. It is not a defense confrontation. It is the aftermath, it serves no purpose, nothing to learn there.
  - matte_black 9y ago
    Active Self Protection is some good stuff, I've seen a few.

hsljekskfh 9y ago

sadly this is the last thing a company would use ml for because ml guys are expensive and this wouldn't really be profitable unless you can actually replace these workers, which are apparently getting paid minimum wage or worse