ChatGPT - : A Look Back at the Power of Generative AI

The last day of November 2023 will mark the first anniversary of ChatGPT, a tool that has helped understand the power of generative AI. While AI has touched many lives, it has not reached the dark corners of people who are poor, unprivileged, or have no voice. For instance, many farmers in developing countries do not have smartphones, and people who do not speak mainstream languages or are uneducated face significant challenges in accessing AI technology.?In India itself, where there are 22 official languages and, if we take case of the whole world there could be thousands for languages for which no APPs or applications are build thus the benefit of any technology does not reach to them.

However, I was pleasantly surprised to know that there are startups like Karya.in that are reaching out to those dark corners. Karya.in is a data cooperative that provides high-quality data annotation services for AI/ML models to clients across various types of media by leveraging its technology and worker network. Karya.in believes in every individual’s right to take ownership of their financial future through fairly-compensated work. The USD $100 billion data generation industry offers just the opportunity to create this impact! Currently, most dataset generation work goes to urban communities or is outsourced to Kenya or the Philippines. In both cases, workers are often exploited, offered sub-minimum wages, and are often overworked.?Median hourly wages are estimated at $0.1-0.5 per hour, while datasets sell for over 200x this price.

Karya.in is creating a win-win solution for both technology companies and data workers.?Its goal is to use digital work to economically impact 100 million rural Indians by 2030.?It has partnered with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, MIT, Stanford, and many more to achieve its mission.

Hope to see more AI based startup which can reach to the dark corners of the economy and make a lasting difference to the poor and unprivileged.