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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by sunrise54 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:04AM (#34427443)
Exactly. Also, what constitutes "toxic" and shouldn't AI output be "toxic" if the user intentionally requests it?
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by Karunamon on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:10AM (#34427519)
The answer to the second half of the question appears to be "no" at least if tech companies have any say on the matter. At some point they collectively decided that users are children who have no agency and must be paternalistically protected from the wrong words appearing on the screen.
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