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Antonio A. Casilli, "Waiting for Robots: The Hired Hands of Automation" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Exploitation and Labor in the Age of Automation

This chapter explores the exploitation of labor through online tasks such as CAPTCHA, where innocuous activities bolster AI advancements. It highlights the formation of a global underclass of individuals engaged in low-paid or unpaid work, revealing the deeper implications of their contributions to machine learning and autonomous technologies.

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