These Prisoners Are Training AI
www.wired.com
In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners.
  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The article gives a really nice perspective on how morally questionable this is.

    The company gets cheap, Finnish-speaking workers, while the prison system can offer inmates employment that, [the company] says, prepares them for the digital world of work after their release.

    Yeah sure, doing more data labelling? I highly doubt data labelling gives anyone any skill besides date labelling. Luckily this article doesn’t just accept the statement of the company, but questions it very critically.

    • eltimablo@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Hey, that’s not fair. What if there’s a boom in companies that need to know if it’s a hot dog or not in the next 10 years?