Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma...
by NickC25 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:15PM
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>That's not highly skilled work even in a country where native English fluency and internet connections aren't as universal as the US
Just as a point to that - English is one of 2 official languages in Kenya, and is the national language of business and education. Practically everyone speaks it well enough to get by.
We're not talking about developers though, we're talking about people with good enough English and internet connection to be able to tag or flag strings of text and images. That's not highly skilled work even in a country where native English fluency and internet connections aren't as universal as the US. It's just that the cost of living differences mean that the "get paid just enough to make rent" money that unskilled labour is worth in the US is "more than the local doctors" money in Kenya.