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Blue collar machine learning jobs center around data labeling: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/is-data-labeling-the-ne...

I don't ever see the actual modeling work around AI becoming blue collar. It's complex and worth the price to the companies that can build a business around it. The data labeling, however, can be pretty simple.

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I suspect even the high-end labeling (e.g. cancer) can become blue collar with appropriate training, given adequate outcomes data to compare labelers against.

"high-end labeling" for cancer is often done by undergraduates making $0-15/hr after a couple hours of training

That sounds like an academic lab working from grant funding. Did the FDA approve those models for clinical use?

> That sounds like an academic lab working from grant funding.

Yes

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