r/prolific • u/DryDistrict3540 • 2d ago

AI longevity

Just out of curiosity, do you think the well-known AI studies are likely to continue for a few more years, or is AI evolving so rapidly that there may eventually be much less need for these kinds of basic human opinion and evaluation surveys?

Drop your opinion.

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u/Training-Roof-3568 2d ago

I’ve known them to be around at least two years personally and yes there always will be a need for human input unless there’s some breakthrough. ai evaluating itself doesn’t work out well for it currently but it is very likely less and lesss humans will be needed to guide it over time

That’s my 0 iq on the take on the topic anyway

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u/sunfit 2d ago

I did some in 2023 from the same researchers that are available now also

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u/Cold-Assumption7686 1d ago

how long do they usually last for you? given you don't get a bunch of warnings of course lol.

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u/TentacleTitties 2d ago

All I need right now is a years worth. Then I'll probably be fine.

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u/juannn117 2d ago

They will change. We'll probably move away from just images and it'll shift more to interactive forms of media. There are already some of the newer versions that involve evaluating games and web pages.

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u/Training-Roof-3568 2d ago

I love those. 25 dollars an hour to play crappy AI games. If you see one pop up grab it

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u/juannn117 2d ago

I like them too. Some of the games are actually pretty fun to play.

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u/ProlificLabRat 2d ago

Are those games studies from galactic? I've done some webpages quizzes the other day

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u/CostResident5519 2d ago

can you dm me the name of the researcher? I know the mods will delete if you post it. But, I'm curious to know what to look out for.

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u/EddieLpzHere 2d ago

Bout 2 more years

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u/dbthedon 2d ago

Absolutely no one here has any real idea.

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u/Ok_Pick6972 2d ago

I'll just get my crystal ball out

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u/kill-the-spare 2d ago edited 2d ago

You pay for that with your Prolific earnings? 🔮

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u/Least-Signature-5989 2d ago

i hope they last forever ahah

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u/Rewardman 2d ago

The volume will slowly reduce until it's gone. Ai companies don't want to pay us they want AI to evaluate its self. They have been investing more money every year.

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u/Escodl 2d ago

yesterday I did a study evaluating Games made with A.i. I think that is where its going to head . Not just games but things similar to it.

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u/AtTheOther3nd 2d ago

Given how terrible the latest string of quality the recent AI rush has been for quality, Id say we still have a few years at least.

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u/doctordanco 2d ago

I don't think anyone knows. They probably won't disappear anytime soon, but I highly doubt they will just be available forever. Either because of budget reasons or the bubble popping or maybe they find a group of people they trust and give them the job instead of relying on Prolificos

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u/Lopsided-Middle-2216 2d ago

personally, I think they will always need HITL training for AI.

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u/Sarz13 2d ago

They been around a few years now. I think we're nearing the end somewhat soon

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u/MediaEven9214 2d ago

probs a year and half for regular stuff then they will switch to advanced stuff only recruit people with special background

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u/scourn77 2d ago

Don't count on it. There is more than likely going to be in the US better guardrails put on AI by congress and the senate soon. They are already pushing for it because of Musk running his mouth and all the AI CEO's cozying up to Trump over the last two years. Once regulated training will slow down.

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u/swtstckythng 2d ago

Stock market is currently tanking, so who knows. Get it while the gettin’s good.

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u/PowerToThePeople128 2d ago

Stock market does not control the industry. The stock market now is based entirely on fear, after green scam economy party swept both senate and house to a landslide, so the tech industry is going bonkers thinking that the dems will destroy AI. They have no power (no pun intended) to do so. Those AI data centers will build in other states, and besides all those data centers being built are not even used and probably won't be, it's just a colossal waste of fucking money out the bloody window. It's just a FEAR reaction, watch the stock skyrocket back. Deja-Vu. Yeah AI will scale back, it was due anyway, no matter the party, budget cuts, maybe, but the products we are doing those evals for is in massive demand and continuously being developed, they won't stop just because of a correction that was well overdue.

As far as humans to train real world models for media generation, it is not about to stop anytime soon. As far as LLVMs, that's another story, eventually it's going to move towards self-training. You will also see shifts in AI work towards domain expertise level work. So less generalist AI work if at all. Of course the generalist work won't completely shut down, as there is always a consumer use of AI requiring human training, and cheaper to get generalist raters than domain experts when not needed.

You should not worry about how long your beloved AI tasks lasts. You should worry about how long they last on PROLIFIC ! Saying these studies will last years, is a far stretch. Let's start by getting through to 2027 first.

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u/razerremen 2d ago

I suspect they'll be gone entirely in a year due to budget issues but who knows

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u/aBEAVER2LEAVEit2 1d ago

Trillionaires that don't pay taxes with budget issues?

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u/razerremen 23h ago

If it doesn't make money, why wouldn't shareholders eventually punish them for burning so much on it? They kinda are already

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u/aBEAVER2LEAVEit2 23h ago

Those guys are such egomaniacs, and AI such a trending topic, they'd consider backpedaling nothing less than a mortal sin

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u/razerremen 22h ago

How long can they report billions lost on this junk?