> In a snake-eating-its-own-tail irony, a 2023 analysis found that between 33% and 46% of workers on the platform were using large language models to complete their tasks,
I assume AI use by workers has risen to the point where it renders Mechanical Turk pointless.
skt5 2 minutes ago [-]
This likely means those consuming the outputs of Mechanical Turk don't have a good way to measure the value (aka quality) of the outputs.
If they did - then they shouldn't care whether it's a human or a LLM. And if it's a LLM - then the cost will roughly correlate to the MIN(cost of the LLM, cost of a human) to do the task.
moralestapia 1 hours ago [-]
Yeah, I was doing this kind of Artificial Artificial Artificial Intelligence back in 2012 to make some extra $$$. Glad they finally "patched" that hole ^^.
pc86 1 hours ago [-]
You were using LLMs in 2012?
simlevesque 1 hours ago [-]
They were faking artificial intelligence by using real individuals.
pixel_popping 1 hours ago [-]
Fiverr-5.5 was the leading model back then.
moralestapia 35 minutes ago [-]
Not LLMs. (Useful) LLMs came to the market around 2022.
obblekk 28 minutes ago [-]
Maybe the most unambiguous "ai will automate work" example I've seen yet.
Absolutely does not imply the workers are automated since they can now use the current models to do more complex tasks at the vast number of new AI training data startups.
Turk was simply not designed for greater complexity tasks and so much of their lunch has been eaten by startups specifically built to collect AI training data.
root-parent 47 minutes ago [-]
I can see a high value startup, that will provide Human Intelligence with real Humans, locked in the room, with no network, books, LLMs and monitored 24x7 with cameras.
nullsmack 2 hours ago [-]
I had no idea this was still around.
It helped me buy a Battlefield 2 "Special Forces" expansion pack back in the day.
Well, I could've bought it either way but buying it didn't impact my normal income because I did Mechanical Turk in my free time enough to get it.
leohonexus 22 minutes ago [-]
Where do I find participants for my user studies then?
josefritzishere 3 hours ago [-]
It's a shame. Mechanical Turk works better than any AI.
xandrius 2 hours ago [-]
It's still AI, just a different type.
CodesInChaos 2 hours ago [-]
The Actually Indian kind?
mghackerlady 2 hours ago [-]
Hey, maybe they're Indonesian!
pwython 1 hours ago [-]
I thought they were Turkish.
brokensegue 48 minutes ago [-]
personally, i've never had good luck with MT's quality.
baggachipz 2 hours ago [-]
They moved all the Mechanical Turk workers over to robot and autotaxi piloting.
teddyh 1 hours ago [-]
And monitoring of “cashier-free” grocery stores.
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I assume AI use by workers has risen to the point where it renders Mechanical Turk pointless.
If they did - then they shouldn't care whether it's a human or a LLM. And if it's a LLM - then the cost will roughly correlate to the MIN(cost of the LLM, cost of a human) to do the task.
Absolutely does not imply the workers are automated since they can now use the current models to do more complex tasks at the vast number of new AI training data startups.
Turk was simply not designed for greater complexity tasks and so much of their lunch has been eaten by startups specifically built to collect AI training data.
It helped me buy a Battlefield 2 "Special Forces" expansion pack back in the day.
Well, I could've bought it either way but buying it didn't impact my normal income because I did Mechanical Turk in my free time enough to get it.