I read the 404 article and its nauseating - the story of the young man from Africa is very unpleasant. We all know the pr0n industry is a thing but this is off the rails.

Yeah same. Anything seems to go if it means the next version of $HOT_LLM_MODEL is improved.

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Good, good. Very virtuous of you.

What exactly are you asking for, just some commiserative platitudes? I don't think anyone is under the false impression that these are awesome jobs, but the fact is, they are jobs. The people doing them are getting paid to do them. Why would data labellers be more deserving of sympathy than any other type of office worker?