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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by replwoacause on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @10:42AM (#34428042)
I'm not a labor wage specialist so your guess is as good as mine. Do you think $1.32/hr. is fair? Are you of the impression after reading the article that the worker's wellbeing was taken seriously and the pay was set at a fair amount considering the kind of work they were doing? I wasn't.
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by lolinder on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:00AM (#34428349)
If you're not a wage specialist and my guess is as good as yours, why were you so quick to dismiss someone who actually lives in the country you're opining on?
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by replwoacause on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:13AM (#34428572)
It's clear you're one who enjoys a circular argument so I'll just leave it at this for you. I don't need to know the exact right amount of money these people should be paid to know that $1.32 per hour for looking at child porn and violent imagery is too little, especially without the requisite mental health resources available. If you are so sure this is a fair situation, maybe for your next job you'll accept minimum wage pay doing similar work.
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by dumbfounder on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:38AM (#34428991)
It isn't pictures, it is text only. I think there is a huge difference. I had to police content for Twicsy (a search engine with 10 billion Twitter images indexed) and I have seen some very bad stuff. There is a huge difference.
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by realAzazello on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:35PM (#34435207)
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by absrd on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:22PM (#34442898)
This is just false, if you read the article Sama also collected explicit, illegal images on behalf of OpenAI -- this was the reason the contract was cancelled.
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by PeterisP on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:18PM (#34429635)
If for the local market $1.32-$2/hour take-home is good compared to alternatives (of which I have no idea, but local claims seem to support that, listing comparable rates but for gross not take-home), then yes, it's fair, and it would harm the workers if we'd prohibit that, because they would have to take a worse local job.