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Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
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"The global data collection and labeling market was valued at $2.22 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to $17.1 billion by 2030, according to consulting firm Grand View Research. As Venezuela slid into an economic catastrophe, many college-educated Venezuelans like Fuentes and her friends joined crowdsourcing platforms like Appen."

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[–] StalksEveryone 13 points 1 year ago

who could have guessed this was going to happen? literally every punk on the web.

it does hurt to hear that so many are slaving away to build better llms, a potential domino effect. it seems to me that these people are unintentionally selling themselves short. their workforce and availability ensures they can be bought so cheaply.