Feeding the Machine [electronic resource] : The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI
James Muldoon2024
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Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless
technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath
this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of
millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible.
Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate
network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the
untold truth of AI. Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of
fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers
often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine
their future. It shows how AI is an extraction machine that churns through
ever-larger datasets and feeds off humanity's labour and collective intelligence
to power its algorithms. Feeding the Machine is a call to arms against this
exploitative system and details what we need t...
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Author:
James Muldoon, Author
Imprint:
Edinburgh United Kingdom : Canongate Books, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781837261826
Language:
English
BRN:
527831
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