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Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated (www.404media.co)
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Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work.

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[–] 19 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Or, to put it succinctly, that which gets measured gets done, and the people in charge of measuring don't know what's important.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    And then, eventually realizing this, they hire consultants for $$$, who offer two things, further tips for goosing numbers in silly ways, and also just direct advice for how to treat employees like utter shit, with a sharp, stainless veneer of "smart (because $$$ spent) business strategy".

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