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what are they even reffering to, what does AI stand for in relation to India?

• jsheard 1y ago
  "Actually Indians" was coined to refer to "AI" products which turn out to be outsourced human labor in disguise. Builder.ai was the most infamous example.
  • kspacewalk2 1y ago
    It's amazing to me that the human-labour-in-disguise thing was first reported in 2019, but the company only went bankrupt in 2025.
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    • rchaud 1y ago
      The PowerPoints that sold investors on the company were written and discussed by humans.
  • Conlectus 1y ago
    The idea that Builder.ai was Indian workers being sold as AI wasn’t true, by the way. That was made up by a crypto influencer on twitter and copied by sloppy news sites. They were a consulting firm that also sold an AI product, with the two clearly separated.
  • ceejayoz 1y ago
    Not the biggest example; Amazon pulled the same trick. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon-ai-cashier-less-shops-humans-technology https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/amazon...