Former PSA employee AMA on reddit

[Snowman]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Its noteworthy that the guy states that every card is reviewed by at least two graders (maybe more if "contentious"). So that means that two graders authenticated this 1914 CJ reprint, the T206 EPDG Cy Young Reprint that was discussed here a few months back (dont have pic), and so many altered cards that BODA finds?

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't believe it, myself. The math barely works with one reviewer per card.

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Maybe on higher grading tiers but my hunch is that even at the $200 level it is one set of eyes per card for a grade to be assigned. There is a verifier but that person simply "looks" at the card once it is in the holder. I suspect 2 secs per card is spent on that part of the grading process.

I agree. I highly doubt that two graders are independently grading every card that comes through their door. Not for the low end stuff. The variance we see in results by submission is too wide for that to be the case. If multiple graders independently graded every card, the variance/inconsistency in grades wouldn't be nearly this wide. And it just doesn't make sense operationally or efficiency wise for the bulk $10/ea ultra-modern type submissions. They're jsut slamming that stuff through. I believe that they think they're grading them twice, but in reality the second "grader" probably just glances at the card and says, "ya, looks good to me".

For the higher end stuff, sure, multiple graders are truly looking at it. I'll buy that. But not the low end cards.

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Isn’t that AI machine grading cards now ? Or is that just high end cards that are being scanned ?

This is definitely not happening. I work in AI/machine learning. I code these algorithms every day for work. I can promise you there's no way in hell they're using "AI" to grade cards. (Nat, if you're reading this and want to know why the hell Genamint isn't working out as well as you had hoped it would, feel free to PM me.)