It's in chicken-egg mode, where could be useful if more people and bots used it, but not there yet.
replyUsually it would be a network effect thing but in this case from reading the article it doesn't even work right (big surprise) and the nature of the tasks are spammy (big surprise). Like a worse mechanical turk minus the determinism of the code.
replyI agree. Unless they fix things, this will crash and burn, but the idea still has a future.
reply> [it] could be useful if more people and bots used it
replyThat's a very optimistic way of looking at things!
Cannot fathom how being slaves for AI agents translates to usefulness.
replyThe term of art for this is becoming a "Reverse Centaur:"
replyA “centaur” is a human being who is assisted by a machine (a human head on a strong and tireless body). A reverse centaur is a machine that uses a human being as its assistant (a frail and vulnerable person being puppeteered by an uncaring, relentless machine).
https://doctorow.medium.com/https-pluralistic-net-2025-09-11...
What's the term if your car is an old clunker, and you're forever having to tinker to keep it running you around town?
replyPoverty
replySucker?
replyYou don't remember this classic?
replyWe're acclimating ourselves to the inevitable service to our future AI overlords
replyI agree that the deal the site proposes is essentially being a slave to an AI agent.
replyOther than the getting paid part. Let’s not trivialize slavery by making it equivalent to gig work.
replyThat's definitely not trivializing. Algorithmic slavery should be a thing and discussed, it's real slavery.
replyI thought I was chatting with a bot, but it turned out to be a real hot sexy woman! I want my money back.
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