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> Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. Mor
by vouaobrasil 3y ago
> Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts.
More of the same. I wonder if the incredible use of labor in India and other countries will cause their society to bypass their own growth so that the citizens of those countries become pure consumers, the majority of which can only ever get menial or gig jobs due to AI taking over most of innovation. In such countries, the only jobs left may be to aid in the extraction of larger and large amounts of natural resources required for the technological expansion of the west.
In this way, developing countries will never be able to gain independence from the few global powers at the top: instead, they will be forced to follow the folly of the United States and Europe: developing more technology for the sake of technology, and in return they will get a free Unlimited Streaming plan to watch the garbage that we have come to call entertainment.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> I wonder if the incredible use of labor in India and other countries will cause their society to bypass their own growth so that the citizens of those countries become pure consumers Never gonna happen in India, by the sheer number of populace. You can see the thing you are talking about in some countries in Europe where a small population and a lack of heavy manufacturing drives the whole economy to the servicing sector. It's a question if you can label these countries as developing, though.