That mentality existed well before AI. See out-sourcing.
replyStrangely enough, I don't recall any companies advertising to consumers that they outsourced.
replyI’ve seen a few brands here and there boasting of the quality of the “select Asian suppliers” they moved their manufacturing to. It’s a clever way to preempt criticism that the brand is now no different from any of the competing brands that moved to China or Vietnam.
replyIs this in things like the clothing industry, where there exists a conversation around fast/cheap/outsourced fashion and has consumer pushback built in? If so, it makes sense they would get ahead of that. I'm not sure all industries bother to make that point/consumers really care.
replyI don’t know about clothing, but I’ve seen this a lot in the bicycle industry and in the outdoor equipment industry.
replyI guess they can say "Made in China, designed by Apple in California" in the packaging but at least they still take pride in the design. With AI it sounds you are disavowing also the authorship of the design.
replythats more of a legal requirement rather than an active advertisement to consumers
replyYes, but everyone kept it as quiet as possible.
replyOr have you ever seen an advertisement for US/EU tech that said: "Developed and designed by our software experts in the Philippines", or "Call our help line and we transfer your call to India for free!"
If it were outsourced to somewhere "nice", it would surely be mentioned: designed in Italy, built in Germany, hand polished by a Buddhist priest in Japan, etc.
replyOut-sourcing does still involve humans, to be fair. If the premise is that "humans prefer human output" then outsourcing would still be preferred, even if it is preferred less.
replyTrue, but companies seem more likely to publicly brag about their use of AI than about outsourcing their call center to another country.
reply> That mentality existed well before AI. See out-sourcing.
replyConsumers love outsourced call centers, don't they?
Most consumers don't care, as long as the quality is good. For a long time both audio quality and language skills of those outsourced call centers were really poor.
replyBombs existed before nukes. Is anti-nuke sentiment illegitimate?
replySure! But it's now more convenient when it's written up-front in the company name!
replyIt’s terrible marketing. Telling someone “the product I’m selling will make you jobless and have no value to society” isn’t very persuasive. Outsourcing was not something promoted to the masses.
replyNever waste a good alreadism!
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