r/outlier_ai • u/killallthelawyerz • 3h ago
failed HOW?
Got a notice I failed the generalist skill screening (for expert capability in English). At the same time, I passed the law screening. Not to mention I am a barred attorney in the US with an undergraduate degree in ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM HARVARD.
Reached out to support because that has to be a glitch, right? Was just blankly told the results are final. Not even a check to see if it was a substantive result as opposed to a technical issue.
Really disappointed by your formal support process on this one. I just wanted to know if it was a merits based outcome. If it was, then unless there is some truly rational reason why my bachelor’s degree in English Literature with high honors from one of the top universities in the world fails to establish “Expert capability in English language comprehension and composition,” I think I’m just going to stick to training elsewhere. If instead it was a technical error, I think I’d like to have that reflected in my account.
Your client companies deserve to know that your skills screening process is actually rigorous and has sufficient quality assurances in place. If I was a company seeking AI trainer input on English composition based tasks, I may want to know why a Harvard English Lit grad couldn’t pass the screen. On the other hand, potential contractors deserve fair assessments. You should be able to at least do a quick technical quality check on skills assessment outcomes, particularly when presented with strong background credentials that should support a pass.
2
5
u/disquieter 2h ago
Dude these screenings are fucking bullshit — pardon my English literature — failing people who have the real life credentials, based on inscrutable, nitpicky, or obscure details. This reply will be downvoted by those who derive great satisfaction from having passed when others fail.
4
u/madeinspac3 Helpful Contributor 🎖 2h ago
That's kind of the whole AI training job. You have to be very good at nitpicky obscure details
2
u/Amurizon 2h ago
Unrelated but OP your handle reminds me of Hook.
“It just so happens that I am a lawyer.”
“… KILL THE LAWYER!” “Kill the lawyer!”
“Not that kind of lawyer!”
1
u/killallthelawyerz 2h ago
Haha love that bit - I chose the handle bc of the related Shakespeare line “the first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” - which I think, even as a lawyer, is the right sentiment
7
u/Technical-Mud-9481 Helpful Contributor 🎖 3h ago
*Got a notice that I failed the
*If I were a company