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[โ€“] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 minutes ago

Gig economy reaches its final form: people literally selling their vocal cords for lunch money while corporations build billion-dollar AI models from the scraps.

The terms read like dystopian fan fiction - "worldwide, exclusive, irrevocable, transferable" rights to your voice recordings. They basically own your ability to speak forever, but hey, at least you earned enough for a Big Mac! The "anonymization" claims are particularly hilarious when voice biometrics can identify you from a whisper.

What's genius about this scam is that they've convinced reddit bros that $19/hour is good money for permanently surrendering biometric data. That's below minimum wage in most states for creating training data worth millions to AI companies. But frame it as "empowerment" instead of exploitation and watch people line up to commodify themselves.

๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ Achieved peak surveillance capitalism while making it feel like liberation. This is dystopian innovation at its finest.

[โ€“] pound_heap@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago

People are free to whore out themselves

[โ€“] amgdvx@programming.dev 4 points 4 hours ago

At least they are being honest and even pay you, this is strange to see

[โ€“] Kissaki@programming.dev 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

When calling others not on the app? No way that is acceptable under law without the other party's consent.

[โ€“] maus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Answered in the article. It only records your side of the call.

[โ€“] rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

While likely true, is it any better? I still think the other party should agree as well.

[โ€“] Tronn4@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago
[โ€“] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 21 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

okay they're building evil, HOWEVER

one of the only instances I've heard of people's data (fucking hate calling it that) being paid for instead of just straight up stolen

[โ€“] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Grocery store discount cards have been paying people for their data for a long time. I guess it's not money being deposited into people's bank accounts, but the discounts people get from using those cards is compensating people for their data. A lot of credit cards have points and rewards for the same reason. They aren't giving out discounts and rewards because they're nice people, they do that so you'll sign an agreement to allow them to sell your data.

It just seems to be accepted by everyone that pretty much every purchase using a card is tracked and the data sold to various marketing scumbags. The only time people get bothered by it is if their own government purchases that data... data which is being sold on an open market to scumbags around the world.

[โ€“] Mikina@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I'd say it's the other way around - you're paying extra for not consenting to tracking, so it's similar (and even worse) model that i.e Facebook has. There's no way the discount card discount is not factored in the normal price calculation, and I vager most shops are counting on the product not being sold for a bit until it's it's turn for a discount.

The "Fetch Rewards" app that pays you to scan your receipts (and all the spinoff ones) is another example. It's one that I don't use but been recommended it by my coworkers.

[โ€“] Speculater@lemmy.world 26 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Call you friend, have them turn on GPT voice, you do the same. Corrupt the data set and make money!

[โ€“] eah@programming.dev 7 points 18 hours ago

In America, you pay for app. In Soviet Russia, app pays for you!

[โ€“] LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 points 21 hours ago

Its probably #2 because such apps were banned until recently. There are infinite ways to make rankings. Something being first, second, etc. doesn't mean anything in particular.

[โ€“] scytale@piefed.zip 6 points 20 hours ago

Iโ€™ve never even heard of that app.

[โ€“] RaoulDuke@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I would use it and have a conversation sounding like Pootie-Tang.

[โ€“] entwine@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

I see you are a man of culture.

[โ€“] happysplinter@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Can I dang on them cherries, mama dee?