Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI
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Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI
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#2I wonder if executives of companies using mturk-like humans to moderate/classify vile content should be compelled to do the same moderation/classification work themselves for an hour a month. Of course it’s highly unlikely to actually compel them to do this through legislation, but it’s an interesting thought.
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#3Why were human data labelers involved in the creation of ChatGPT?
I thought the approach was to let the neural network predict the next word in a large corpus of text?
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#4Why were human data labelers involved in the creation of ChatGPT? I thought the approach was to let the neural network predict the next word in a large corpus of text?
If you don’t classify content that should be filtered out you quickly end up with a Microsoft Tay-like fiasco.
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#5This shit's not worth it.
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#6Why were human data labelers involved in the creation of ChatGPT? I thought the approach was to let the neural network predict the next word in a large corpus of text?
Rlhf has a human labeling component: given two outputs to the same prompt, which one is better?
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#7Why were human data labelers involved in the creation of ChatGPT? I thought the approach was to let the neural network predict the next word in a large corpus of text?
You need people to evaluate the answers to improve the output and adjust the weights, there is a lot of manual labor involved at training every single one of these models, it’s not just magic.
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#8Based on the information in the article these complaints were raised after the contract was ended. Why not refuse the work or raise the complaint at the time? The article also mentions the work was worse than they thought, but indicates they were told what the work entailed before starting it. Also the primary person being quoted lost his wife and family, and blames this work on why he lost his wife. Anyone who has been in a relationship knows singular reasons are an oversimplification of a complicated relationship.
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#9> Workers were paid between $1.46 and $3.74 an hour, according to a Sama spokesperson.
I don't like how journalists never adjust the salary when doing those conversions. Yes $1.46 in the US sounds like the most abdject poverty, but Kenya is not the US. The minimum salary in Kenya is $1.05 so even their lower bound is 39% higher than the minimum salary with their upper bound being 358% higher.
For job that while psychologically scarring for some, does not require any education aside from being able to read, that really doesn't seem that bad.
Re: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI
#10> Workers were paid between $1.46 and $3.74 an hour, according to a Sama spokesperson. I don't like how journalists never adjust the salary when doing those conversions. Yes $1.46 in the US sounds like the most abdject poverty, but Kenya is not the US. The minimum salary in Kenya is $1.05 so even their lower bound is 39% higher than the minimum salary with their upper bound being 358% higher. For job that while psych…
I don't think anyone would dispute that these are not decent wages in Kenya.
What is embarrassing is that the corporation seeks places where wages (relative to western wages) are this low (for what also amounts to the bullshit work).