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“别人会用更低的价格做”:肯尼亚难民为科技行业提供动力,报酬却日益减少‘Someone else will do it for less’: Refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay

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数字自由职业者们正在肯尼亚卡库马难民营的“世代援助中心”工作。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianDigital freelancers work at the Generation Aid center at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian

为科技公司从事零工工作的难民不知道自己能获得多少报酬——前提是AI还没有取代他们的工作。在卡库马难民营的一座活动板房里,该营地位于肯尼亚北部与南苏丹的边境附近,Grace使用ChatGPT研究她不懂的语言的基督教赞美诗翻译。她不知道客户是谁、工作的目的是什么,也不确定是否会获得报酬,但作为无法在肯尼亚合法工作的难民,她抓住任何能获得的机会。

Refugee gig workers for tech companies don’t know how much they’ll be paid – if AI hasn’t already taken their jobs In a portable building in Kakuma, a refugee camp near Kenya’s northern border with South Sudan, Grace used ChatGPT to research translations of Christian hymns in languages she doesn’t speak. She didn’t know the client, the purpose of her work or whether she would be paid, but as a refugee unable to legally work in Kenya, she needed any opportunity she could get.

2026年9月28日,卡库马难民营中的“难民团结倡议中心”。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianThe Solidarity Initiative for Refugees center in the Kakuma refugee camp on 28 September 2026. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian
2026年9月28日,自由职业者们正在卡库马难民营的SIR中心探索各类数字平台。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianFreelancers explore digital platforms at the SIR center in the Kakuma refugee camp on 28 September 2026. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian
2026年9月29日,“拯救难民生命行动”组织的工作人员正在工作。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianAction for Refugee Life staff at work on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian

由于签署了保密协议,Grace要求匿名。她让ChatGPT将赞美诗的英文文本翻译成指定的东亚语言。然后她利用该翻译搜索现有版本,并查找其译者、作者和基督教教派的信息。她将这些细节输入AOP Connect,这是一个由英国AI企业软件公司RWS拥有的众包研究平台。

Grace, who requested anonymity due to a nondisclosure agreement, prompted ChatGPT to translate the hymn’s English text into the assigned east Asian language. She then used the translation to search for existing versions and find information about its translator, author and Christian denomination. She fed those details to AOP Connect, a crowdsourced research platform owned by British AI enterprise software company RWS.

2026年9月29日,卡库马镇位于背景处的卡库马-洛德瓦尔公路。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianThe Kakuma-Lodwar highway, with Kakuma in the background, on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian
一名学员正在“拯救难民生命行动”中心使用笔记本电脑练习图像标注。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianA learner using a laptop to practice image annotation at the Action for Refugee Life center. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian
2026年9月29日的卡库马难民营。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianThe Kakuma refugee camp on 29 September 2026. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian
位于卡库马的“拯救难民生命行动”中心。摄影:Thabit Radjabu/The GuardianThe Action for Refugee Life center in Kakuma. Photograph: Thabit Radjabu/The Guardian