Feeding the Machine : The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI

Top Hat & Tales Verified independent store

→

by Muldoon, James Social & cultural historyPublished 10/04/2025 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom. Paperback | 288 pages128 x 198 x 20mm | 202gBig Tech has sold us the illus ion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible.Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI. Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future. Show more