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Kenyan AI worker annotates porn, operates AI sex bots

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An AI data labeling company in Kenya employed Michael Geoffrey Asia to annotate pornographic content for eight hours daily. Following his shift, he engaged in a second job, acting as a human operator for AI sex bots and interacting with individuals he believed were in the United States. An algorithm dictated his personas and interactions during this second role. AI

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Kenyan AI worker annotates porn, operates AI sex bots

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Every day, Michael Geoffrey Asia spent eight consecutive hours at his laptop in Kenya staring at porn, annotating what was happening in every frame for an AI d

    “Every day, Michael Geoffrey Asia spent eight consecutive hours at his laptop in Kenya staring at porn, annotating what was happening in every frame for an AI data labeling company. When he was done with his shift, he started his second job as the human labor behind AI sex bots, …

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