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sharts 1 hours ago [-]
They have nothing else to do. Someone needs to be able to justify their position by creating stupid changes like this to create a line item on their LinkedIn.
Meanwhile, nobody seems focused on capturing CEO’s data for AI training.
ndegruchy 51 minutes ago [-]
The same company is trying to build an AI Zuckerberg...
asdff 37 minutes ago [-]
It is going to be funny in a few decades when zuck transfers his shares and voting rights and estate to the ai bot, and makes himself functionally immortal. Or at least a sort of commissioned renaissance painting version of himself, probably.
Imagine in 300 years we are still ruled by zuck, ellison, bezos, musk, thiel, et al, just in ai model form empowered by estates worth more than entire nations and legal protections designed to outlast heat death of the universe. Assuming there is still a "we" living on earth. Charitable assumption I guess.
pigeons 35 minutes ago [-]
Not funny ha-ha though.
travelalberta 40 minutes ago [-]
Wasn't it a few months ago that some engineer leaked that XAI was building 'Human Emulators'. This is either Meta's attempt at the same or just a blatant lie to make sure their engineers aren't slacking off. I've heard the workload has more than doubled for those who weren't laid off which is the only reason I think it might not be a employee monitoring system as I don't think anyone there can afford to not work hard.
nitwit005 35 minutes ago [-]
> to improve the company's models in areas where they still struggle, like choosing from dropdown menus and using keyboard shortcuts
Seems like a strange approach in general. I'd have assumed you'd just have it use accessibility features to get at things, if there is no other interface.
toomanyrichies 1 hours ago [-]
Every day I grow more and more glad that I turned down a Meta offer. It was probably a hire-to-fire offer anyway, not based on any engineering prowess on my part. Still, I couldn't be more relieved I dodged that bullet.
turtleyacht 2 hours ago [-]
Training on future vi macros. Just
kk1Gi// file.js<Esc>M/func<Enter>o let<Esc>``
Taking screenshots too.
xvxvx 2 hours ago [-]
‘Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said the data collected would not be used for performance assessments or any other purpose’
Horseshit.
1. Employees are being asked to train AI to replace them.
2. Performance assessments will 100% be impacted. No question.
Thinking back on the OTT interview experience that Facebook helped pioneer, imagine making it through that, getting paid a massive sum of money BUT barely getting by on it because of the location, then they drop this crap on you?
Big Brother is always watching.
Grappelli 59 minutes ago [-]
The framing here matters. Recording keystrokes and mouse movement to train autonomous agents means they're essentially trying to replicate the work, not just assist with it.
There's a pretty direct implication: if you work at Meta and participate in this, you're generating training data for a system that's intended to eventually do your job. Consenting employees are literally labeling their own replacement.
The thing that will be interesting to watch is whether this stays US-only for legal reasons or if that's just the pilot. GDPR makes this kind of collection significantly more complicated in Europe.
onlypassingthru 53 minutes ago [-]
Is US mouse movement different from European? Is it called sparkling mouse movement if it comes from California?
busymom0 30 minutes ago [-]
Genuine question: would right to left language based interfaces have different type of movements and thus training data than left to right language ones?
instig007 2 hours ago [-]
As everybody knows, key strokes and mouse movements are the things that solve problems, definitely the data worth capturing for AI training.
moritzwarhier 2 hours ago [-]
Maybe they're building a simulation of the rich lives and behaviors of white collar office people in the early 21th century, with breathtaking detail?
I couldn't imagine life without my unique keystrokes and mouse movements.
2 hours ago [-]
general1465 2 hours ago [-]
When you will think about it, what actually useful data are you getting from this exercise? It is like strapping camera on a manual laborer so you can see what he sees, but you don't get data about the touch and grip and you won't get data about why he is doing specific moves.
lelandfe 1 hours ago [-]
More accurately learn which employees are inactive while WFH
Ancalagon 1 hours ago [-]
I dont actually think its for training AI models. AI is the scapegoat - just like the layoffs
Meanwhile, nobody seems focused on capturing CEO’s data for AI training.
Imagine in 300 years we are still ruled by zuck, ellison, bezos, musk, thiel, et al, just in ai model form empowered by estates worth more than entire nations and legal protections designed to outlast heat death of the universe. Assuming there is still a "we" living on earth. Charitable assumption I guess.
Seems like a strange approach in general. I'd have assumed you'd just have it use accessibility features to get at things, if there is no other interface.
Horseshit.
1. Employees are being asked to train AI to replace them.
2. Performance assessments will 100% be impacted. No question.
Thinking back on the OTT interview experience that Facebook helped pioneer, imagine making it through that, getting paid a massive sum of money BUT barely getting by on it because of the location, then they drop this crap on you?
Big Brother is always watching.
There's a pretty direct implication: if you work at Meta and participate in this, you're generating training data for a system that's intended to eventually do your job. Consenting employees are literally labeling their own replacement.
The thing that will be interesting to watch is whether this stays US-only for legal reasons or if that's just the pilot. GDPR makes this kind of collection significantly more complicated in Europe.
I couldn't imagine life without my unique keystrokes and mouse movements.