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Expectation vs Reality

Expectation: AGI, robots do all the work, we relax. Reality: DoorDash launches Dasher Tasks.

Expectation: AGI, robots do all the work, we relax.

Reality: DoorDash launches Dasher Tasks - a service where live people perform tasks from a SaaS platform. Go to the store, take pictures of the shelves, scan products with your phone's camera. $16 per task, deadline 11 AM.

Essentially, people are becoming biological peripheral devices for software - the eyes and hands that AI currently lacks.

https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/introducing-doordash-tasks

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