This is quite the exposé!
I knew that OpenAI has been using crowd workers for at least the last two years to build instruct-tuning datasets for #ChatGPT. I didn’t know they were also outsourcing violence, hate speech, and sexual abuse labeling to Kenyans for $2/hour.
The work is apparently so traumatic that the outsourcing company, Sama, has cut ties with OpenAI.
Time · Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
Our AI advances are being built on the backs of vulnerable people, and the spoils are going to the wealthy.
@Riedl it seems a bit like the gig economy except that there can be a time lag between provision and consumption