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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] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Fun" fact. One finnish content moderation AI service was founded by a far-right party member (and an ex-cop to boot). Not surprisingly, the forums and yellow press comment fields the system "moderates" are known to be filled with racism and other hate speech.

(Utopia Analytics and Tom Packalén if someone wants to search for more)