$800 to Bully an AI
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What is the unique job opportunity involving AI discussed in this episode?
neutral zone, where every perspective gets diplomatic immunity. This is The Last Show with David Cooper. A startup is offering someone $800 to bully an AI for a day. Eight hours of roasting chatbots that forget what you just told them. Finally, a job where yelling at technology is not a sign that you're having a breakdown. No, it's all a day's work. I'm here with Anna Olchek, who's recently reported on this. She's a leadership and workplace reporter at Business Insider. Anna, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me.
How does the company plan to use the results of bullying AI?
So first off, how does this idea even occur to a business like they want to pay someone to be cruel to an AI for a day? Yeah, it's definitely a niche job posting. So the reason it came about is because the company, it's a startup, it's called Membit, and it's actually focused on creating. an AI memory tool to help improve chatbots remember things. So the idea behind this job listing is that someone is going to be using chatbots all day, record their experience and ask the LLMs questions and then kind of watch it, get it wrong and then yell at it or bully it and you know, try and get it right again. And the idea is that they'll then use this video as some kind of promotion to show that, you know, AI is not that good at remembering things and their product can help improve that.
OK, so it's not some like secret scientist thinking, oh, if only we're cruel to AIs, they'll be better at remembering things. It's more a marketing stunt or something like this. Correct.
What are the implications of being a 'professional AI bully'?
Yeah, it's a marketing tool. I assume the idea is that it will go viral or something along those lines. Although if you do get the job, you do get to put a label on your resume or a line item on your resume that says professional AI bully. This is a great marketing stunt. It's so easy to get upset at AI companies these days. Is this just something where we're hoping to feel good about a company and potentially its new product? Yeah, I think so many people get frustrated. And so this company is definitely playing on that and hoping to capitalize on people's frustrations, obviously. But yeah, in an age where we're all using AI, we all get frustrated with it. We're all getting told to use it all the time.
What frustrations do users typically experience with AI?
This is kind of like a lighthearted way to show that it's not perfect. There's still a lot of issues with it. And obviously, this company wants to sell its product, which is supposed to improve those issues. So Let's have fun with this for a second. What would bullying AI actually look like in practice? Are we talking rude sarcasm, like relentless follow-up questions? Do I just repeat myself? What would I do to bully an AI? What would you do?
How does this job posting reflect current frustrations with AI technology?
What would I do? That's a great question. I mean, I think we've all been annoyed at AI before, whether using it for work or personal use, like as your therapist or just to kind of go through like talking points with it. It definitely has memory issues at times, or maybe it's just getting something wrong. It's hallucinating. And so I think people do get frustrated. I've personally heard a lot about whether or not we're supposed to yell at AI or like show that we're getting annoyed at it. So this is kind of a fun way to let loose and not be wondering about the moral implications of it. But yeah, I assume people curse at AI or, you know, tell it, no, you're getting it wrong.
What challenges do AI tools face regarding memory and accuracy?
They probably wouldn't be talking to it the way they talk to an actual human in person. So I'm sure it varies, you know, for each person. I haven't gone crazy on an AI agent yet, but I assume a lot of people have or want to. So yeah, I think the spectrum is probably pretty broad. I've seen the Terminator movie series. I don't want to get on their bad side. But okay, let's get a little serious here. This holy grail of AI memory. Do current products, I'm thinking like Claude or ChatGPT, do they get this wrong? Is there room for growth here?
What potential benefits could arise from testing AI memory through this job?
Is there like room for AI tools that really have a good idea and remember who we are, what we said, the context of what we're saying, even throughout complicated chat sessions, complicated questions?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the unique job opportunity involving AI discussed in this episode?
0:08–0:48
2
How does the company plan to use the results of bullying AI?
0:48–1:49
3
What are the implications of being a 'professional AI bully'?
1:49–2:26
4
What frustrations do users typically experience with AI?
2:26–2:49
5
How does this job posting reflect current frustrations with AI technology?
2:49–3:26
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What challenges do AI tools face regarding memory and accuracy?
3:26–3:58
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What potential benefits could arise from testing AI memory through this job?
3:58–4:48
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How can listeners apply for the job to bully an AI?
4:48–9:16
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