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 ptero on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:57AM (#34438167)

In early 1990s most of the population was declared atheists, but because atheism was one of the pillars of the rejected Soviet rule it was being reexamined by the people. So there was a lot of orgs of all kinds who flew in to preach and increase their denomination base.

The fact that to the outside Russia looks orthodox Christian today mostly reflects last 20 years of the state efforts to build an official religion, not some deep predisposition of the population. My 2c.

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by david12345 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:09PM (#34444252)

Yes and no, it is definitely easier for the state to build on existing 19 century traditions then to invent a new religion..

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Re:OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 per Hour to Ma... by ptero on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:05PM (#34446327)

I think those 19th century religious traditions were thoroughly gutted by the second world war and 70 years of state suppression.

But a bigger question is why does a secular state is building a state religion?

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