I did not say developers exploit other people, just that we benefit from the exploitation. The example we were talking about is cheap manufacturing (e.g. textile industry) and equating that to the people who train the AI models, but it applies in so many areas.
Here’s an example for the AI models. I had not seen this myself when I made the comment, but it also makes the textile comparison
Everyone who uses AI is benefiting from the work of people like this who look at traumatic images all day for $2 an hour, just as we benefit from sweatshop workers when we wear a t-shirt.
