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AI's hidden workforce: Data workers are the new factory laborers, says Antonio Casilli

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Antonio Casilli highlights the crucial but often hidden role of data workers in the AI industry, comparing them to factory workers of the past. These individuals, who are poorly paid, are essential for training AI models by feeding and enriching data, verifying AI outputs, and even performing live maintenance that can involve impersonating AI systems. Casilli's research, spanning six years and involving over 4,000 workers in more than 30 countries, aims to bring attention to these essential, yet deliberately obscured, contributors to AI. AI

IMPACT Highlights the critical, underpaid labor powering AI development, urging recognition for data workers.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing the role of data workers in AI.

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AI's hidden workforce: Data workers are the new factory laborers, says Antonio Casilli

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "ANTONIO CASILLI: Yes. Data workers are today’s factory workers insofar as AI has become like a driving force for so many industries, and they are necessary to

    "ANTONIO CASILLI: Yes. Data workers are today’s factory workers insofar as AI has become like a driving force for so many industries, and they are necessary to produce what we use every day — you know, chatbots and models. Now, we are not talking about tech workers, engineers, pr…

    LINKS democracynow.org/…/data_workers

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