Upol EhsanJan 18, 2023

If you've used ChatGPT, you may have noticed that it's relatively decent at avoiding toxicity. Is it because of some magical AI trick?

Not really.

The real heroes are the ghostworkers who have worked tirelessly to detect toxicity in text containing "child sexual abuse, bestiality...torture, self harm, and incest" (many of which are illegal by US laws).

How much were they paid for this mentally scarring task?

#ChatGPT #AI #ghostwork #datawork #labor #ResponsibleAI #ML #gpt3

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Show threadUpol EhsanJan 18, 2023

Did you know #OpenAI paid outsourced Kenyan workers only $1.32-$2 per hour for this extremely burdensome task?

While the datawork done by these ghostworkers made ChatGPT less toxic, the work left people mentally scarred.

However, the moment the company got whiff of the Time's investigation, they terminated the contract, leaving these human beings high and dry.

https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/

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Exclusive: OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic

A TIME investigation reveals the poor conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible

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@upol Fascinating, and disturbing sorry.
Jan 19, 2023 at 5:46amWeb