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These Prisoners Are Training AI : In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. (www.wired.com)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It's a bullshit sales speech but it doesn't sound morally questionable to me. It's little pay and mindnumbing work for sure, but also you volunteer for it so, eh, seems fine