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“What if we just cut out the middleman and hired writers to write stuff without the computer?” “No, dude, that’s too complicated.”

AI companies are hiring gig workers to write essays that can train AIwww.businessinsider.com Companies are increasingly hiring skilled humans to write training content for AI models as the trove of online data dries up.

The "too complicated" grift has been commonplace in Silicon Valley for 30+ years. It's part of the "engineering can do anything better than you" trope that's popular among folks who, though smart enough, are oddly incapable of effective communication.