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quoted The AI Con by Emily M. Bender

Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna: The AI Con (Hardcover, 2025, HarperCollins Publishers)

A smart, incisive look at the technologies sold as artificial intelligence, the drawbacks and pitfalls …

Data workers, for their part, have formed collectives to fight back against platforms and their worst excesses. In Kenya, Daniel Motaung and 150 workers convened in Nairobi in mid-2023 to form the African Content Moderators Union, which is one of the first unions of content moderators and data workers worldwide. Motaung was fired from Sama, the contractor providing Facebook (and, previously, OpenAl) with content moderation and other data work, for his organizing efforts, and is now suing Facebook and Sama in Kenyan court.

— The AI Con by , (17%)

#DanielMotaung, hero.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #sama #meta #facebook #OpenAI #AfricanContentModeratorsUnion

Meta has so many blood on their hands, that it is unbelievable people are still using their products. And also don't forget companies like Sama, who are also into the scam. Using people from the global south for mentally damaging (and underpaid) social media moderation and AI training! Just 🛑 STOP using products! Yes that means , and as well!

DW: *How social media was weaponized in Ethiopia’s Tigray War *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5SWweypd3g