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Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#41

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There isn't exactly a surplus of jobs today. While some may have this option, many do not.

That argument doesn't really fly for some of the most highly paid people in the world with at least one really big name on their CVs. Everyone working at Meta has more options than almost anyone else.

That's a good point. The crux is privacy or half your salary.

Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#42

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80 characters limit in the title.

Yeah, but usually folks tweak to paraphrase, instead of lopping off. I'd have gone with "Meta employees up in arms over mandatory program to train AI on their keystrokes".

You can squeeze it into half that length with, "Meta staff fury at Big Brother AI scheme"

Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#45

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There isn't exactly a surplus of jobs today. While some may have this option, many do not.

Eh - if you have Meta on your resume it's not that tough out there right now.

TBH if I see "late Meta" or "post-Musk Twitter/X" on a resume it gets filed as "low morals / low trust".

Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#47

> The post says the software is limited to a list of commonly used work applications, like Gmail, GChat, and Metamate, an AI assistant for employees. > It also says it only applies to computers, not to employees' phones. What a great motivator for employees to stop using their work computers.

What a relief that it only applies to when they're using their computers! At first I thought it applied to all work at their desks: paperwork, typing, phonecalls, etc. That would have been crazy.

Does anyone know how many Meta employees use a computer, and what fraction of their work they do on it? It cannot be that much, surely.

Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#49

If you work for meta you shouldn't have a problem with invading the privacy of others. Of course this is not ok, but you should really quit your job if you have ethical or moral problems with that.

There isn't exactly a surplus of jobs today. While some may have this option, many do not.

Poor Meta employees. They are victims of the oppressive job market and are left no other option than to work for 100s of thousands of dollars per year in well-lit and comfortable offices with free food and premium healthcare.

Re: Meta employees are up in arms over a mandatory program to train AI on their

#50

People are always keen on criticizing the EU and their regulations, but employees in EU are protected from these kinds of stunts. And also from the upcoming (rumored) layoffs which won't be nearly as cruel.

Layoffs in EU happen all the same, they are just sprinkled throughout the fiscal year to avoid legal disputes due to the number of people let go.
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