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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by pastacacioepepe on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @11:58AM (#34429326)
That's not the point. Could OpenAI have afforded it if they had to pay first-world wages? Probably not.

What kind of business model is one that relies on exploitation of extreme poverty in order to succeed?

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by yoavm on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:01PM (#34429374)
> What kind of business model is one that relies on exploitation of extreme poverty in order to succeed?

that's a very good question, but asking it as if it is a problem of OpenAI and not a problem of literally all of our economy sounds a little strange to me.

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