The title seems kinda misleading, this is from the article (GlobalLogic is the company contracted by Google):

"AI raters at GlobalLogic are paid more than their data-labeling counterparts in Africa and South America, with wages starting at $16 an hour for generalist raters and $21 an hour for super raters, according to workers. Some are simply thankful to have a gig as the US job market sours, but others say that trying to make Google’s AI products better has come at a personal cost."

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imperio59 3 days ago | parent [-]

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teiferer 3 days ago | parent [-]

That argument is as old as any mistreated worker complaining about their situation and as old as any argument against workers rights in general. Anybody not liking their job could just leave right? Simple! No, the world just isn't that simple and it didn't become simpler just because it happens in an AI context that produces a tool you like.

There are lots of jobs out there that suck and people do them anyway. Because the freedom that they supposedly have is not as free as you imagine.

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crazygringo 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

So what specific rights do you think they should have that they don't right now?

They're making more money than minimum wage. They're free to leave. It's not violating any safety regulations. There aren't any complaints of harassment.

So what precisely is the complaint here around worker's rights?

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hitarpetar 3 days ago | parent [-]

I think the complaint is that they should have safety regulations. the impact of these gigs on mental health is well documented

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	▲	frozenseven 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		>the impact of these gigs on mental health is well documented You'll be hard-pressed to find any 'documentation' of this other than journalists trying to raise hysteria around AI. It's just ragebait. Content moderation and data sorting jobs of this kind are as old as the internet itself. If you don't like it, find another job.

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bitshiftfaced 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What explains not changing jobs because you find it distressing and claiming that you're being paid below what you're worth? It seems like if that were true, then you'd be motivated to find a job that pays market rate. And if you couldn't, then you could at least find another job that pays less than market rate, like your current job, but isn't so distressing.

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		This definitely comes from someone who never had trouble looking for a job and cannot possibly understand how hard real life is for other people.
	▲	refactor_master 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Maybe these people are trying to keep their skills and degrees honed somehow in a bad market, rather than going straight for a less-distressing-but-also-lower-paying job that does nothing to their skillset.