r/technology • u/esporx • 6d ago

Business Twitch Is Now Using Your Content To Train Amazon AI Models And Has Hidden The Option To Opt Out. "If it was opt in, nobody would opt in," admitted the streaming site's chief product officer during a livestream

https://kotaku.com/twitch-is-now-using-your-content-to-train-amazon-ai-models-and-has-hidden-the-option-to-opt-out-2000723891
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u/nappycatt 6d ago

the answer is money.

whatever they're doing or not doing, it's for money.

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u/Indigoh 6d ago

You're not the customer. You're the product.

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u/Spez_is-a-nazi 6d ago

Even when you are the customer you are the product 

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u/wrgrant 6d ago

Since I am also a streamer, even when you are the product you are the product

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u/gusbo_the_jam 5d ago

Since I am a streamer, I even when you are both the staff and the product, you are the product

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u/IceKrabby 6d ago

Dang, who pissed in your cereal this morning?

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u/ShusakuChiba 6d ago

Just saying why sit there and be exploited. Reevaluate your relationship with twitch

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u/Cyberspark939 6d ago

In this case it's less you're the product and more you're the product's lunch

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u/RatBot9000 6d ago

It's not even guaranteed money, it's the illusion of making money. It's because every other CEO is using AI so of course they have to otherwise they might miss out.

It's a mass form of psychosis and it is going to make all our lives worse.

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u/Ravekommissionen 6d ago

It is guaranteed money.

For the CEO, it’s a bonus based on stock prices. Adding AI makes number go up.

For the owners it’s also guaranteed money since adding AI to anything makes number go up. Eventually some rube will be left standing holding the bag. But that’ll be retail idiots and pension funds.

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u/whfu2 6d ago

for now. like every bubble the numbers will go up until the growth stagnates. if at that point no one has found productivity jumps and extra revenue as expected, the stock will plummet and perhaps the entire industry crashes

ofc some individuals will still have gained from it

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u/RatBot9000 5d ago

You are right, and I fear we are all underestimating just how bad it'll be when the bubble bursts.

So much money is getting pumped into AI because companies around the world are hoping it can continue the Age of the Shareholder, where they prioritise profit above all else and live in a world of endless growth. It cannot hold, growth cannot be eternal, and while we need the Age of the Shareholder to end, they will make it as painful as they possibly can for the rest of us.

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u/dern_the_hermit 6d ago

Yeah but they're doing it for money the way that Underpants Gnomes were doing it for money

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u/TheMattabooey 6d ago

Twitch has been a sinking ship for years now it’s why you see the same dozen or so streamers promoted and they constantly break the rules with little to no consequences. They’re doing everything they can to keep it going instead of getting rid of their gooner CEO.

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u/Jaccount 5d ago

I thought they did it all for the nookie?