For a generative artificial intelligence system to learn how to write an autopsy report, human workers must sort and annotate thousands of crime scene images.
The precarious work of training AI, which generally pays just a few dollars, has sparked a movement for better wages and conditions stretching from Kenya to Colombia.
"You have to spend your whole day looking at dead bodies and crime scenes. ... Mental health support was not provided," Kenyan national Ephantus Kanyugi said.
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