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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by iso1631 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:14PM (#34432380)
This is about Kenya though, not Nigeria.

Minimum wage in Kenya is twice that in Nigeria at $122 a month.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by churchill on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @03:36PM (#34432701)
Working 40 hours a week at $2/hr is still $320 per month. That's nearly 3x Kenya's minimum wage.

Besides, the government doesn't guarantee every Kenyan $122 a month so the real heroes are those who actually pay that money out-of-pocket.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by iso1631 on Friday January 20, 2023 @06:02AM (#34451413)
It's about the minimum wage for a caretaker or lorry driver.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by realAzazello on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:12PM (#34435010)
How depressing is it that we're all calmly discussing how a nation's minimum wage is $61 per month.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by iso1631 on Friday January 20, 2023 @06:02AM (#34451415)
Cost of living is far cheaper too, assuming you avoid western aimed areas
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