Slavery out of prisoners isn’t novel.
It’s volunteer work that they get paid for.
Someone didn’t read the article
Damn, Finland about to find out how to create a powerful prison system for cheap labor!
Took a page right out of America.
Prison labour is nothing new here. Afaik it’s voluntary though
The article gives a really nice perspective on how morally questionable this is.
The company gets cheap, Finnish-speaking workers, while the prison system can offer inmates employment that, [the company] says, prepares them for the digital world of work after their release.
Yeah sure, doing more data labelling? I highly doubt data labelling gives anyone any skill besides date labelling. Luckily this article doesn’t just accept the statement of the company, but questions it very critically.
Hey, that’s not fair. What if there’s a boom in companies that need to know if it’s a hot dog or not in the next 10 years?
It’s a bullshit sales speech but it doesn’t sound morally questionable to me. It’s little pay and mindnumbing work for sure, but also you volunteer for it so, eh, seems fine
This dystopia is really boring.
Idk man if you read the article, it’s a pretty good system.
Expecting people to read the article before they form an opinion is asking quite a bit - I won’t do more than point out the hypocrisy here.
You are right - it’s an interesting system being tested in Finlands unique prison system. Marmalade seemed to enjoy it!
Novel for clickwork is what the title means
Prison labor to the tune of 6.50 per day.
making prisoners do office jobs feels somehow fitting.
Novel?
It’s not slave labor. It’s something entirely new, unnamed, and good for our local Earth based business owners.
It’s only slave labor if it’s from the French region of slavé, this is just sparkling prison labour.
I mean it was mentioned that they’re volunteers
Outside of the US kind of?
You think prison labour is novel in Finland? lol
When they told me AI technologies were inherently carceral I did not believe them
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