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cersei on Jan 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenAI used Kenyan workers on less than $2 per hou...

Sounds like the cost of this job is $2/hr? Why justify the highest possible cost as the fair standard?

ninjagoo on Jan 19, 2023 [–]

It's not; the standard is what is that job worth to the company? If exploitable low-cost Kenyans were not available, what would these companies pay? I can't tell you that, but I can tell you it is not $2/hr.

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