Wizard of Oz technique

[me just sayin]

It is a very interesting read on how tech startups are fooling investors and their customers. They are finding it easier to train humans to act like robots than building robots to act like humans. Makes me wonder what was left out of the different privacy policies.

Using what one expert calls a ‘Wizard of Oz technique’, some companies keep their reliance on humans a secret from investors

The rise of 'pseudo-AI': how tech firms quietly use humans to do bots' work