Shameless Facebook treats its poor human moderators like absolute dirt. But y'know what it does treat right? Robots

Facebook's software can't catch all the vile content uploaded to its servers by its addicts, which is why the multibollion-dollar antisocial network relies on relatively poorly paid contractors, who work in living hell, to cleanse its pages. It's far more interested, it seems, in directing robots. The Silicon Valley giant and …

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

Puh-leeze! Immanatize the eschaton now, why doncha?

[big_D]

Re: advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

They announced a subsidiary for this project, it is called Skynet.

[John G Imrie]

Re: advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

You can't stop Facebook, Facebook is inevitable.

[Mike Moyle]

Re: advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

"They announced a subsidiary for this project, it is called Skynet."

They're not quite ready to go directly to Skynet™, yet. There are still some technical hurdles that will need an intermediate stage to overcome. The current roadmap is:

Python -> PyRobot -> PyRoTechnics -> Skynet

[jonfr]

Re: advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

"Skynet" was here five years ago. You don't keep up with what is going on. The end of the world just hasn't happen. Since all that skynet has to do is to wait until humans extinct them self. That's far more efficient than to start a war that creates resistance, uses resources and all that stuff.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: advance its goal "to develop embodied AI systems..."

"Python -> PyRobot -> PyRoTechnics -> Skynet"

Ah, I see the problem. They're forgetting "import soul".

[earl grey]

implementing gravity compensation

i was rather hoping for implementing anti-gravity compensation,

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Re: implementing gravity compensation

https://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/files/listen-to-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-on-spiritualism.mp3

(can't get any more anti-grav than the faeries at the bottom of the garden)

[bombastic bob]

meatbags don't get no respect (from FB)

what it says in the title

[Pascal Monett]

No, but FB definitely wants them around.

[John G Imrie]

Re meetbags

how are the meetbags going to pay for their internet connections once they have all been replace by robots?

[Blockchain commentard]

If FB can target people with personalised ads, they can find offensive, illegal stuff. If they wanted to. But it wouldn't make them money so choose not to.

[and I]

Why is any one still on FB?

Seriously, aren't folk finding the supposed benefits are failing in the face of this cesspits behavior and content?

I've managed to stay FB clean for 8 yrs now, any FOMO has completely gone, I manage a social life and I stay in touch with people I care about. Maybe I contact that long lost friend slightly less than I used to but when we catch up there is stuff to talk about.

May be commit to trying a month and see how you feel, from then on it gets so much easier :)

[Anonymous Coward]

I've trained my robot to turn off Facebook...

Win!