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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nTuesday, November 19, 2024 4:00 pm to 6:0
 0 pm \n Room 7020, Knowledge Media Design Institute (KDMI) \n Robarts Lib
 rary \n 130 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5 \n\nDescription: \nWe are 
 pleased to announce the next talk for the Platforms & Labour Speaker Serie
 s, co-organized by Rafael Grohma\n and David Nieborg. Mark Graham (Univer
 sity of Oxford) and James Muldoon (University of Essex) will give a book t
 alk on Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI on Novembe
 r 19 (Tuesday), 4PM, at Knowledge Media Design Institute (KDMI), U of T
 .Silicon Valley 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 precar
 ious global workforce of millions labouring under often appalling conditio
 ns to make AI possible. This talk – based on the recently published book F
 eeding the Machine – will present research on the intricate network that m
 aintains this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI. Feed
 ing the Machine tells the story of a global technology through the eyes of
  the people who produce it. The talk will describe the lives of the worker
 s deliberately concealed from view, and the power structures that determi
 ne their future. It will center voice of the people whom AI exploits, fro
 m accomplished writers and artists to the armies of data annotators, cont
 ent moderators and warehouse workers. It will further reveal how their dan
 gerous, low-paid labour is connected to longer histories of gendered, ra
 cialized, and colonial exploitation.About the Authors:Mark Graham is Prof
 essor of Internet Geography at the University of Oxford and Director of Fa
 irwork. He studied the growth of a global digital labour market since the 
 first arrival of submarine internet cables in Kenya in 2009.James Muldoon 
 is an Associate Professor in Management at the University of Essex, a Res
 earch Associate at the University of Oxford and the Head of Digital Resear
 ch at the Autonomy think tank. His research examines how modern technologi
 es such as artificial intelligence and digital platforms can create public
  value and serve the common good.Hosted by Professors Rafael Grohma\n and 
 David Nieborg as part of the Platforms & Labour Speaker SeriesCo-sponsored
  by: KDMI, Department of Arts, Culture and Media/UTSC and Faculty of Inf
 ormation. \n130 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5 \n\nCategories \n Lect
 ure \n\nAudiences \n All
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LOCATION:130 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
SUMMARY:Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI
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