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These Prisoners Are Training AI (www.wired.com)
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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Didn't the AI hypers tell us that AI would boost the economy by a lot and that it's a multi-trillion dollar opportunity? Turns out it (too) relies on modern slavery to be profitable.

(OpenAI/Microsoft do a similar thing but with Nigerian workers: https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/)