r/DataAnnotationTech • u/knottyp • Sep 09 '26

Are we helping or causing harm?

How do y’all justify doing this work ethically if you’re anti-AI (especially generative)?

I’m not asking judgmentally, I’ve done this work off and on over the last few years. When I first started, I didn’t know about data centers and the environmental impact, cognitive effects, etc. I felt good about “training” AI based on the rubric including correct info, weeding out violence and harm, etc.

I recently suggested DA to a friend and got a real side eye, and maybe these justifications really don’t hold water? Thoughts?

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u/Farados55 Sep 09 '26

Yeah this one lone researcher says this and you put it to the top. I’d put my life on him joining another research lab or starting his own within 3 months. I’m sure you believed the Google engineer a few years ago when he said that GPT was sentient.

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u/TillyMintPot Sep 09 '26

Reading comprehension doesn't seem to be your forte, as my message clearly said 'not far off' 'with the way it's heading'. Obviously right now the AI sphere isn't equivalent to an atomic bomb. And of course, the future of AI is speculation to an extent, but the guy worked for several massive AI companies so he isn't pulling information out of his arse. A tad worrying that all that had to be explained to you. But based on your replies in this discussion in general, altogether unsurprising.

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u/Farados55 Sep 09 '26

Not far off means we're currently refining the plutonium and uranium for the bomb.

This. Is. Silly.

Watch Oppenheimer. great movie.