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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by guerrilla on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:59AM (#34427382)
> It's not slavery though, since nobody is forced to take the job.

Yes they are, that's what borders are: rent-seeking in the labor market.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by ajmurmann on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:05AM (#34427458)
I'm 100% in favor of open borders. However, what can OpenAI do about that?
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by falcolas on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:23AM (#34427734)
Not exploit closed borders. Everybody here is acting like they had no choice but to employ Kenyan workers specifically.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by ajmurmann on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:19PM (#34432441)
If there Kenyan workers would prefer not to have this job, they would quit. This is clearly a win/win for OpenAI and the Kenyan workers.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by guerrilla on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:44AM (#34428096)
I was just responding to the specific claim, but I think what they could do is pay as if they weren't leveraging borders to decrease wages. I'd rather solve the problem at the root than require such exceptionalism from them though, as that doesn't really seem scalable.
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