Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies

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Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies​

From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

Pay ranges from 2.2 cents to 50 cents per task, Fuentes says. Typically, an hour and a half of work will bring in $1. When there are enough tasks to work a full week, she earns approximately $280 per month, almost meeting Colombia’s minimum wage of $285. But filling out a week with tasks is rare, she says. Down days, which have become increasingly common, will bring in no more than $1 to $2.

https://www.wired.com/story/million...s-for-pennies/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

 

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The simulation kicks into high gear when companies forgo the cheap 3rd world labor and train AI to train other AI.