«Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world. For years, the work of African data labelers has been more or less “ghost work,” the unseen, hidden labor that lets American tech companies build their products. “AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence,” Asia said.»

For the 'but it works for me'-crowd, not that I expect they'd care…

https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/