Amazon staff use AI tool for unnecessary tasks to inflate usage scores
uhfraid
24 points
4 comments
May 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
uhfraid
https://archive.ph/DrhD6
burnt-resistor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law This is what happens when PHBs "measure" "productivity" in terms of arbitrary KPIs.
bicepjai
Goodharts law at work
coip
Sounds necessary given they must to meet some utilization quota or risk termination. Kinda like how cobras were bred once there was an incentive to turn in their heads lol