How do AI systems magically understand what’s going on in the image you uploaded? Turns out there is an army of low-wage human workers behind the scenes that is required to make this happen. In this episode I attempt to shed some light on these workers, sometimes called data labelers, but often referred to as Ghost Workers. These ghosts are very real, and it behooves us to get to know them and their work. This labor force is often located in the Global South where people desperate for ...
24 Sept 2026
Ep. 65: 5 Books to Understand AI
You don’t have to be an engineer to understand how AI works and affects our world. Read these five books and you’ll know more than 90% of people. 1. The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits) by Maximilian Kasy Read this short and to the point book and you’ll understand how AI works and how its builders shape the direction of their technology. 2. Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford Learn about the long supply chain of extraction and logistics to run the LLM chatbot you interact ...
2 Sept 2026
Ep. 64: AI's Original Sins
AI Ethics and Responsible AI are fields that attempt to make AI function in alignment with societal values. Or you could look at the goal as limiting the risk of harm being caused by AI-backed systems. The question I want to explore today is that can we ever truly have an “ethical” or “responsible” AI solution if the technology stands on an unethical foundation? The sins we'll examine: • Non-consensual content • Energy Consumption • Resource extraction • Localized pollution from datace...
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