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Why are we surprised or shocked? Hasn't society always used servants, police, soldiers, miners, loggers, garbage men, wardens, and such to do tasks that the res
by Santosh83 9y ago
Why are we surprised or shocked? Hasn't society always used servants, police, soldiers, miners, loggers, garbage men, wardens, and such to do tasks that the rest of us are loath to do, and to keep certain stuff away from 'civilised' society?
Why would online be different suddenly? Analogues of all the above are needed online too. And somebody who has no other option will be unfortunate enough to fill these roles.
- jstanley 9y ago> Why would online be different? Because you don't have to look at anything you don't want. Because it's not bounded by physical space limitations, so everyone can have as much "space" as they want. Because you can travel from any point to any other point almost instantaneously. Because you can be in as many different places simultaneously as you have the capacity to keep track of. Because you can come and go as you please without anyone else even knowing. The internet is nothing like the physical world.
- greyman 9y agoWe are not surprised or shocked. This topic was also reported before, and the article is just about not adequate protections of those workers. Someone must do this work, until AI will be able to filter out everything, but those companies are rich enough to take better care of those workers. That's all.