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"The contracts stated that OpenAI would pay an hourly rate of $12.50 to Sama for the work, which was between six and nine times the amount Sama employees on the
by skrbjc 4y ago
"The contracts stated that OpenAI would pay an hourly rate of $12.50 to Sama for the work, which was between six and nine times the amount Sama employees on the project were taking home per hour."
OpenAI paid $12 an hour, it's Sama that paid them $2 an hour. People should be upset at Sama, not OpenAI. I'm sure you could find Americans willing to label data for $12 an hour.
From OpenAI's perspective, they likely thought they were doing good by going with Sama, since Sama's mission is to provide work to people in Africa. From their website: "Since our founding, we’ve pioneered new technologies and business methods that harness the power of markets for social good, meaningfully improving employment and income outcomes for those with the greatest barriers to formal work."
This is a story about Sama exploiting cheap labor in Africa, if that's what you want to call it, rather than OpenAI specifically aiming to do that.
- eliasdaler 4y agoAh yes, "Don't blame company, blame the contractors". That's exactly why companies use contractors more and more - plausible deniability. Same with CEOs hiding behind many layers of hierarchy so that they can always say "Well, it wasn't ME who made the decision".
- wardedVibe 4y agoNow that is an absurd overhead. 500%?! Gross
- choppaface 4y agoDo we know how many workers were also enrolled into WorldCoin? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-16/worldcoin-the-eyeball-scanning-crypto-unicorn-hits-signup-snags https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-16/worldcoin...
- MarcoZavala 4y ago[dead]
- DuckFeathers 4y agoNow, do revenue/salary for ALL companies in the US.
- animal531 4y agoFrom my limited experience as a contractor I'd say that the company taking 5-10x as much as the employee is making is a pretty standard practice.
- eliasdaler 4y agoWhy not hire directly then?
- jazzyjackson 4y agoBecause hiring and managing people is such a pain in the ass that people are willing to pay a 1000% premium not to do it themselves