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The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models (restofworld.org)
submitted 3 days ago by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Chinese AI companies are quietly tapping into Kenya’s young workforce, hiring students and recent graduates to label thousands of videos a day.
  • The work is done through opaque networks of middlemen and WhatsApp groups that operate like digital factory floors.
  • Kenya’s weak labor protections and soaring youth unemployment have made it a hot spot for cheap AI labor, prompting officials and unions to warn of a new form of digital colonialism as the government rushes to draft regulations.
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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is exactly what American companies are doing though. AI is basically built on the back of slave wages

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Of course, it's not a good thing when anyone does it.

And isn't everything? We rely on the most exploited at the lowest levels to provide our raw resources. The whole global system is fucked.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

True that brother. I make way less than what I should be making. in the summer when I'm whored out I make $40 base. Rest of the year or internal work I'm making $26

i can go independent and charge $120+ an hour but it's hard to get clients when the two big players will purposely go out of their way to fuck you over.