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AI data labelers describe labor conditions as slavery

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Human data labelers describe their working conditions as akin to slavery, a situation that raises ethical concerns about the development of AI models. This labor is crucial for the improvements seen in AI, yet the conditions under which it is performed are often overlooked. The argument is made that software reliant on such labor cannot be considered 'Free Software' according to its core principles. AI

IMPACT Highlights the ethical concerns surrounding the human labor essential for AI development, questioning the 'free software' status of AI-dependent technologies.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the ethical implications of labor conditions in AI development.

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AI data labelers describe labor conditions as slavery

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · ryanprior ·

    I feel like we don't talk enough about how the human workers whose labor on data labeling produces the much-vaunted model improvements *describe their labor con

    I feel like we don't talk enough about how the human workers whose labor on data labeling produces the much-vaunted model improvements *describe their labor conditions as slavery.* Software that is dependent upon slave labor cannot be Free software. I'm not talking about the Open…

    LINKS foxglove.org.uk/open-letter-to-president-… foxglove.org.uk/…/open-letter-to-environm…

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