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Examining the hidden labor economy behind AI

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Monday, September 28, 2026 at 07:34 PM
Examining the hidden labor economy behind AI

In a new book, Yale’s Julián Posada explores the experiences of the low-paid workers who generate the massive amounts of data needed for artificial intelligence.

This book argues that the AI industry is enmeshed in a form of extractivism: a transnational system of accumulation, labor exploitation, and power concentration that commodifies knowledge and labor t… [+7939 chars]
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