OpenAI a fait appel à des travailleurs kenyans sous-payés pour parfaire ChatGPT
2023-01-19
Siècle Digital
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OpenAI outsourced the labeling of toxic and disturbing content for ChatGPT's training to Kenyan workers earning less than $2 per hour. Exposed to graphic material, these workers suffered psychological harm and poor working conditions, raising concerns about labor exploitation and the human cost of developing AI safety systems.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The event involves the development and use of an AI system (ChatGPT) and its content filtering mechanisms, which rely on human labor for data labeling. The harm described is to the health and well-being of the Kenyan workers who were exposed to traumatic content during this process, constituting injury or harm to a group of people. This harm is indirectly linked to the AI system's development because the AI's training and filtering depend on this labor. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to violation of labor rights and harm to health caused indirectly by the AI system's development process.[AI generated]