Chatbots in Africa: The Birth of AI-ese and The Exploitation Drama
Ever wondered why your friendly neighborhood AI sounds like it just swallowed a textbook? Well, it’s because Africans been fed peanuts to churn out philosophical AI responses. Yep, that’s right – an awkward AI can slurp your job right up and also learn your lingo. And potentially, your bad jokes. But the scene is not all that rosy out there in the mysterious AI world.
Key Takeaways: Behold, The Rise of AI-ese!
* Everyone’s talking AI-ese these days – those flawlessly composed, textbooky responses from AI chatbots that seem fresh out of a high school English class.
* These AI chatbots are being forged in the fires of African labor, with workers cranking out training data for AI systems in exchange for pennies by the hour.
* Yeah, talk about being job-snatched by a bot and then teaching it to talk.
* Mophat Okinyi, a former content moderator for Open AI’s ChatGPT in Nairobi, together with three other colleagues are calling out their Kenyan government.
* They claim their working conditions are exploitative and are demanding an investigation into the system.
Final Thoughts
In this hilarious twist of AI saga, irony meets injustice as workers teach an AI to take over their job and then pays them peanuts. The spotlight is now on the Kenyan government, as they’re being petitioned to investigate these alleged ‘exploitative conditions.’ Meanwhile, as the artificial intelligence community buzzes with the emergence of AI-ese, it seems that we’re witnessing the birth of a whole new language. Maybe it’s time we brushed up on our AI vocab! After all, you don’t want to sound inhumanly robotic when your new AI overlord checks on you.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/16/techscape-ai-gadgest-humane-ai-pin-chatgpt
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