OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic

Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by ricardobayes on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:31PM (#34429862)

Yeah, in eastern EU salaries are not as low as they used to be, anyone with 3-4 years of experience now expects around 3.5-4k€ a month, which in my experience is not that far off of UK salaries.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by aiilns on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:05PM (#34431339)

Not so in Greece. Salaries are way lower than 3,5-4k per month. Doctors, for example, in public hospitals get around 2k per month and the consultants maybe around 2,5-3k.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by tasuki on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:27PM (#34433328)

I believe that when ricardobayes said "anyone with 3-4 years of experience" they really meant "anyone in our industry". In my part of Eastern Europe, 2.5k EUR is a very good salary, but software devs earn way more.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by vladvasiliu on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:41AM (#34438092)

Is that before or after tax? If after, it seems comparable to, if not better than, France.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by Tade0 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @06:25AM (#34439165)

To me it looks like before. Translates to up to 2.6k€ take-home-pay provided you don't take advantage of any tax breaks and you're on a permanent employment contract.

That being said young people(less than 26yo) are either exempt from the first tax bracket(~20k €) or start off as contractors who pay lower taxes and contributions.

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