Annalee Newitz 🍜Jan 19, 2023
This tracks. OpenAI used underpaid gig workers in Kenya to make ChatGPT function as advertised. And they forced those workers to look at and classify abusive content all day. So weird how the new miracle tech turned out to be the old capitalist abuse of labor trick.
https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/
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

Time
Show threadDave MacDonald (admin)Jan 19, 2023
@annaleen as a data point, the average income in Kenya is about $165 USD per month, or $1/hr
Show threadenchantedsleeper 🌈⭐
@dave @annaleen It's not about the average wage, though. It's awful, mentally scarring work. There should be huge compensation for that if people going to be asked to undertake it at all.
Jan 19, 2023 at 1:20pmWeb