Always remember that advances in “artificial intelligence” are driven directly by exploited human labor: specifically, by underpaid contractors working under tremendous precarity, often while reviewing horribly traumatizing content:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labelers-training-ai-say-theyre-overworked-underpaid-and-exploited-60-minutes-transcript/
(cw: descriptions of having viewed violent, extreme content; discussion of resulting trauma by those who viewed it)
#labor #TechLabor #1u
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