A new documentary follows the workers who label the data behind AI. A World Bank report last year counted between 150 and 430 million of them worldwide, and the number has grown fast in the past year. The pay stays low. On the data platform mindrift, one task pays $0.83, twelve tasks a day come to about $9, and some people work 45 to 60 hours a week. Most of it is outsourced to countries in economic crisis, or to refugees in richer ones, which the film’s researchers call deliberate. One sociologist calls AI “just a bunch of labor coming together to produce an outcome,” and argues that hiding this labor is intentional, a myth built around the systems. One former content moderator developed anxiety, depression and PTSD after months of reviewing murder and abuse footage, and still attends therapy. Many workers sign NDAs that stop them from naming the clients they serve: Amazon, Google, OpenAI and Meta. Source: https://youtu.be/ND7owjmtPNo submitted by /u/andrewaltair
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