Human Contractors Training ChatGPT Are Being Paid $15 Per Hour

[caption id="attachment_169122" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Image credit : Business Insider[/caption] Savreux and others have been tasked with the work of data labelling, which is an essential step in parsing data samples to aid automated systems in more accurately identifying specific things within the dataset. In order for machines to learn to better identify certain items on their own, labelers will tag specific items (be they distinct visual images or types of text). By doing this, human workers play a significant role in the training of machine learning models, assisting automated systems to respond to user requests more precisely. NBC points out that most moderators are not highly paid for their work, despite the significance of their role. In the case of OpenAI's mods, the data labelers are paid barely beyond what would qualify as minimum wage in several jurisdictions and do not receive any benefits. The minimum wage in Kansas City, where Savreux is based, is $7.25. Even though it's awful, the way OpenAI now staffs its moderating teams is still an improvement. In the past, the corporation outsourced its work to moderators in Africa, where it could get away with paying workers as little as $2 per hour due to low wages and lax labor rules. [caption id="attachment_170701" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image credit : The New York Times[/caption] It has previously worked with a company called Sama, an American enterprise that claims to be committed to a "ethical AI supply chain," but whose main business is bringing together large tech corporations and low-wage workers in developing nations. Sama has a history of being sued for having subpar working conditions. In the end, Kenya's underpaid moderators helped OpenAI create a filtration mechanism that could pick out unpleasant or offensive content sent to its chatbot. But in order to do so, the low-paid censors had to slog through screens full of the offensive content, which included descriptions of murder, torture, sexual assault, and incest. Also read : YouTube Music receives a resounding majority of votes in favor of unionization Artificial intelligence (AI) may appear to work by magic, waking up and responding to user queries as if by incantation, yet thousands of unseen human workers who deserve more are actually assisting AI.