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Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores (ft.com)
24 points by uhfraid 45 days ago
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burnt-resistor 44 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law

This is what happens when PHBs "measure" "productivity" in terms of arbitrary KPIs.

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coip 44 days ago
Sounds necessary given they must to meet some utilization quota or risk termination.

Kinda like how cobras were bred once there was an incentive to turn in their heads lol

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uhfraid 45 days ago
https://archive.ph/DrhD6
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bicepjai 44 days ago
Goodharts law at work
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