OpenAI Promotes GPT-4 As A Way To Reduce Burden On Human Content Moderators
VentureBeat, Tuesday, August 15,2023
One of the most unsung jobs of the internet era is that of the content moderator.
Casey Newton, Adrien Chen and others have previously reported eloquently and harrowingly on the plight of these laborers, who number in the thousands and are tasked by large social networks such as Facebook with reviewing troves of user-generated content for violations and removing it from said platforms.
The content they are exposed to often includes detailed descriptions and photographic or video evidence of humanity at its worst - such as depictions of child sexual abuse - not to mention various other crimes, atrocities and horrors.