The Horrific Content a Kenyan Worker Had to See While Training ChatGPT

Richard Mathenge led a team that taught the A.I. model about explicit content.

The goal was to train it so it could keep such things away from users.

While at work, he and his team repeatedly viewed explicit text and labeled it for the model.

The repeated exposure to explicit text led to insomnia, anxiety, depression, and panic attacks.

Sama told OpenAI it was exiting the content-moderation space.

Today, ChatGPT refuses to produce explicit scenes and issues warnings about illegal acts.

Richard Mathenge and his colleagues feel pride in the work they did.

They’re proud, but still hurting.