Hey, this is fucked up: Meta, OpenAI (ChatGPT), and Remotasks (possibly more companies?) are using exploitative labor in Africa to train their AI. People are paid pennies to label disturbing images in abusive work environments. So when it isn't decimating our water supply, it's traumatizing humans.
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Wagatwe Wanjuki
I see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.
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"that's just the way it is," they told themselves to make themselves feel better.
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