Training AI takes heavy toll on Kenyans working for $2 an hour - 60 Minutes, 2024, 13:34 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZS50KXjAX0

This video exposes the reality of the "human-in-the-loop" AI economy, revealing how technological progress often relies on the systematic exploitation of precarious labor in the Global South. Sociological concepts include digital colonialism, global inequality, and the “digital sweatshop.”

From the video’s description: Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they’re fighting back.