future of (data) work conference
Beth Michelle Semel, Anthropology; Hunter Akridge, G2, Anthropology
Fri, 4/10 · 9:30 am—4:30 pm · 219 Aaron Burr Hall
Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence; Department of Anthropology
The rapid expansion and commercialization of artificial intelligence systems has been enabled by the upscaling of data work, defined by Miceli and Posada as “the labor involved in the collection, curation, classification, labeling, and verification of data.” Amidst debates about how “intelligent machines” will impact the global workforce, this conference brings together a multidisciplinary group of scholars and organizers to examine the histories, politics, topographies, and lived realities of data work around the world, centering the people behind the platforms that dominate our present to imagine alternative futures.
