“The girls call me Marmalade,”
These Prisoners Are Training AI
In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners
During three-hour shifts, for which she’s paid €1.54 ($1.67) an hour, the laptop is programmed to show Marmalade short chunks of text about real estate and then ask her yes or no questions about what she’s just read.
"data labor can help inmates build digital skills"
nope i'm not buying that bullshit - clicking yes/no on a screen is not really improving anyones digital skills this is all about cheap labor end off
“There are many ways in which people in prison can advance themselves, like getting certificates and taking part in advanced education,”
@ecksmc: Fuck that noise. That's just MFs trying to get more convict labor for free or crazy-cheap.
Let convicts get an education, GEDs, A.A. or B.A./B.S. degrees, or trade certifications. (The ones who want to anyway. Not everyone wants to.) Fuck prison labor for private industry.