New research from AWU/CWU/Techquity on AI data workers in North America. “[L]ow paid people who are not even treated as humans [are] out there making the 1 billion dollar, trillion dollar AI systems that are supposed to lead our entire society and civilization into the future,” says one.

https://cwa-union.org/ghost-workers-ai-machine

#AI #labor

@molly0xfff And despite all this exploitation and cost cutting, the rush to AI isn't even increasing profits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX1Xwzm9yHY

Replacing Humans with AI is Going Horribly Wrong

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@molly0xfff I don’t understand. If their AI is so great, can’t they just create bots to do all the work? 🤔