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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by Strom on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:15PM (#34435502)
Your indentured slavery comment is a classic strawman and doesn't even apply. It's not a voluntary situation that someone signs up for.
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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:38PM (#34435679)
> It's not a voluntary situation that someone signs up for.

Huh? That is in fact the normal state of indentured servitude. Slavery is also commonly a voluntary situation; that's the whole concept of "selling yourself into slavery".

> Until the late 18th century, indentured servitude was common in British America. It was often a way for Europeans to migrate to the American colonies: they signed an indenture in return for a costly passage.

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude )

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