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Viv Aluia / January 11, 2021

Pear Video | The Real Future of Digital Work & The Last Mile Paradox

“Anthropologist talks about the real future of digital work: ghost work” and “Anthropologist talks about the last mile paradox of automation: humans will not be easily replaced by machines” In part one of this two-part interview, Mary L. Gray, talks about the invisible workforce powering the algorithms behind the AI processes that general consumers take for granted, and the labor implications of this often ignored workers. In part two, Mary gives a nod to the impressive human effort that contributed to cleaning data and training Google Translate models, revealing the underlying effort that’s required to make these services appear as if they’re able to operate on their own, Pear Video, December 10, 2020

Find the full video for part one on Pear Video here

Find the full video for part two on Pear Video here

These pieces are published originally in Chinese (Simplified)

 

 

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