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Elite knowledge workers are part of a new and fast-growing white-collar gig workforce—where they use industry expertise to probe the most advanced AI models, find where they fail, and teach them to perform better. In doing so, some fear these workers may end up making themselves obsolete ⬇️

bit.lyThe smartest people in the world are automating themselves into obsolescence—and loving itElite knowledge workers explain how training AI models for the likes of Turing and Mercor is the most exciting intellectual challenge of their careers, even if they succeed in teaching their AI studen...

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AI gig workers tend to fall into three camps. There are those who feel a higher purpose: A doctor who might want models to dispense better medical advice. There are professionals who want to understand how AI is reshaping their fields. Others see a chance to diversify their income.

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As @stokel.bsky.social puts it, experts training AI is a little like turkeys voting for Thanksgiving. Every problem they hand the model and every blind spot they help it close makes the machine a little more capable of doing without them. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4hpvFZF

bit.lyThe smartest people in the world are automating themselves into obsolescence—and loving itElite knowledge workers explain how training AI models for the likes of Turing and Mercor is the most exciting intellectual challenge of their careers, even if they succeed in teaching their AI studen...