Etienne / TekDec 15

TIL that Kenyan workers have been used so much to train AI systems, that standard writing by Kenyan people is often flagged as AI generated while it is not (which means that they can get discriminated for jobs / exams etc)
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt

Edit: many people raised below that the article is talking about texts written in very classically trained English detected as AI generated, which is the case for many Kenyans. It is documented that many Kenyan workers have been hired to train LLMs, but I made an assumption that it was the reason for this detection while it may not be. Sorry about that, thanks for the feedback (and feel free to continue the discussion here)

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

this man's mind
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Dec 15

@tek
> "Kenyan workers have been used so much to train AI systems"

Where in the linked post does it say that?

Show threadF4GRX Sébastien
@ki @tek it rather says thay tons of old colonial british english babble was ingested by the slop machine because there is no copyright on it anymore.
Dec 15 at 6:03pmWeb
Show threadrefraction Dec 16
@f4grx @ki @tek since when do they care about copyright?
Show threadjan Ki | 奇  Dec 16
@elexia @f4grx @tek
they always did, as long as it is their copyright
Show threadF4GRX SébastienDec 16
@elexia @ki @tek true.