# AI: Ghost workers demand to be seen and heard

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-ghost-workers-demand-to-be-seen-and-heard/8287>\
**Category:** AI In The News\
**Tags:** ai, via-bbc-news-tech, in-the-news\
**Created:** [29 March 2021 13:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-ghost-workers-demand-to-be-seen-and-heard/8287 "2021-03-29T13:24:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [29 March 2021 13:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/ai-ghost-workers-demand-to-be-seen-and-heard/8287/1 "2021-03-29T13:24:18Z")

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> **Artificial intelligence and machine learning exist on the back of a lot of hard work from humans.**
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> Alongside the scientists, there are thousands of low-paid workers whose job it is to classify and label data - the lifeblood of such systems.
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> But increasingly there are questions about whether these so-called ghost workers are being exploited.
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> As we train the machines to become more human, are we actually making the humans work more like machines?
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> And what role do these workers play in shaping the AI systems that are increasingly controlling every aspect of our lives?

> **[AI: Ghost workers demand to be seen and heard](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56414491)**
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> Workers who label content and help computers understand language want their own voices to be heard.

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