Cheap Expertise: Mapping and Challenging Industry Perspectives in the Expert Data Gig Economy
Demand for expert-annotated data on the part of leading AI labs has created an expert gig economy with the potential to reshape white collar work and society’s understanding of expertise. In this research, we study the vision for the future of expertise described in the public communication of five industry data annotation organizations and their CEOs, as reflected on social media feeds and public appearances on podcasts. We find that the industry envisions AI expertise as cheap, meaning that it can offer a bett…
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