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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hm? On first read it sounds like they're inventing tasks for the AI but is that what's happening? They're automating "unnecessary" tasks sounds like it's working as intended?

[–] misk@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It also describes solution looking for a problem, which isn’t a great sign for the solution.

Either Amazon don’t know that reward systems reward only the things they were set up for, or Amazon is looking for ways to pump numbers up for the investors. Neither reflects well on the technology.