Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma...
by ben_w on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:39PM
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"Exploitation" has at least two very different meanings. While I have seen some texts that used the word in the same sense for "exploiting an opportunity" and "exploiting our workers", I think most of the time the former is neutral and the latter either a scam or abuse.
Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma...
by sekai on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:51PM
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> Creating opportunity is great: do that without exploiting people - that isn't a requirement. Praise opportunity given. Denounce exploitations not to remove opportunities - but to improve them.
How much should they pay the workers though? It's already stated that they are paid well above average wage in said country.
Companies are 100% exploiting cheaper labor in other countries - they are only interested in the bottom line.
opportunity and exploitation are not mutuality exclusive, nor does one person's opportunity erase another's exploitation.
Creating opportunity is great: do that without exploiting people - that isn't a requirement. Praise opportunity given. Denounce exploitations not to remove opportunities - but to improve them.