‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models

By: Niamh Rowe
Published: 2 Aug 2023

 

The images pop up in Mophat Okinyi’s mind when he’s alone, or when he’s about to sleep.

 

Okinyi, a former content moderator for Open AI’s ChatGPT in Nairobi, Kenya, is one of four people in that role who have filed a petition to the Kenyan government calling for an investigation into what they describe as exploitative conditions for contractors reviewing the content that powers artificial intelligence programs.

 

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