RL environment training data comes from near-minimum-wage contractors, not lab staff
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-24
Skye Sharkie pushes back on a widespread misconception: RL environment training data doesn't come from "seven-figure lab employees" — very few exist, most lab staff earn six figures — but from near-minimum-wage contractors in the data industry. She notes even tech-focused people hold a "fantasyland" belief that labs source RL tasks internally.
More from AGI Musings
- Investor Says Manufacturing Labor Shortage Will Hit 5-6M, Far Above Deloitte's 3M Forecast — MatthewChang · 2026-09-24
- Prediction: undetectable AI online will force iris-verified human-only networks — BLUECOW009 · 2026-09-24
- tszzl pushes back on AI risk skeptics: no other human activity carries this risk — tszzl · 2026-09-24
- OpenRSI founders on why RSI is the missing piece of ASI, open to everyone — ChengleiSi · 2026-09-24
- Two Critical Steps Toward RSI: Better Research Answers vs. Improving the Research System Itself — ChengleiSi · 2026-09-24
- $8B Annualized Is Nothing: Argument That Outside Views Misread China's AI Investment Scale — teortaxesTex · 2026-09-24