430 Million Invisible Workers: The Labor Behind AI Autonomy
MilagrosMiceli · x · 2026-08-18
Sociologist Milagros Miceli discusses the hidden reality of labor behind the AI industry. She highlights that 400-430 million people globally work in data labeling, content moderation, and algorithm training under precarious conditions. The narrative of "fully autonomous AI" obscures this massive workforce, essentially 2% of the world's population working in the shadows to sustain the illusion of machine autonomy.
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