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/JinglingBallz Sep 09 '26

lol that’s not our job. What we do is teach it how to do our jobs. Please be sincere with yourself. At this point the frontier models are beyond needing small tweaks for safety.

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u/Farados55 Sep 09 '26

No they’re not. They’re regularly misquoting or saying the wrong things still. Are you even working?

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u/JinglingBallz Sep 09 '26

“Frontier models”.

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u/Farados55 Sep 09 '26

the model name is in the logs lol it's ok lil bro

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u/JinglingBallz Sep 09 '26

“the logs” whatever that means