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I am waiting for a day when “machine learning scientists” are the blue collar workers.
by mrbonner 7y ago
I am waiting for a day when “machine learning scientists” are the blue collar workers.
- joehandzik 7y agoBlue collar machine learning jobs center around data labeling: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-data-labeling-the-new-blue-collar-job-of-the-ai-era/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-data-labeling-the-ne... I don't ever see the actual modeling work around AI becoming blue collar. It's complex and worth the price to the companies that can build a business around it. The data labeling, however, can be pretty simple.
- killjoywashere 7y agoI suspect even the high-end labeling (e.g. cancer) can become blue collar with appropriate training, given adequate outcomes data to compare labelers against.
- opportune 7y ago"high-end labeling" for cancer is often done by undergraduates making $0-15/hr after a couple hours of training
- killjoywashere 7y agoThat sounds like an academic lab working from grant funding. Did the FDA approve those models for clinical use?
- opportune 7y ago> That sounds like an academic lab working from grant funding. Yes
- briga 7y agoIn a way that's already happened, though maybe not in the way youre thinking of. Machine learning data is more and more being collected by volunteers or paid content curators. These jobs are generally low pay and in foreign countries. There's a huge outsourcing of "blue collar" mechanical Turks going on right now that is essential to most supervised learning methods.