Bernie Sanders proposed a bill establishing a four-day work week in the U.S. with no loss of pay, citing productivity gains from AI and automation.
ECONOMY
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IMF inflation forecasts versus recession risks debate
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The IMF puts inflation a lot lower than eg Summers. We may actually be in a recession?
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LLM Access Democratized: Leaders Must Adapt to Equal Technology
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A thing many leaders of organizations have not internalized is the fact that no one in any company* or government has access to a better LLM than the ones billions of people around the world can use for between $0-$20/month Very unusual to have democratized access from the start
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Corporate Responsibility: Poverty Wages and Worker Safety Ethics
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Where does your implication that paying poverty $ is 'natural' and providing people with the resources to live in exchange for their labor is 'idealistic'? Where's your smoke for corps that could rn make changes to create safer streets & less impoverished workers, but refuse?
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Corporate AI Responsibility Over Victimhood Mentality
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He is not a victim of AI. He is a victim of a company that chose to use AI… and he’s choosing to see himself as a victim. Not a productive stance in my opinion.
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Gig economy drivers deserve living wages not just earnings
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It's not. They should pay their drivers a living wage.
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Mophat and Richard launch nonprofit for African data workers rights
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Mophat and Richard who are featured in the WSJ piece have since formed a nonprofit organization Techworker Community Africa and are seeking new ways to support and advance labor rights and economic opportunities for Kenyan and African data workers. 10/ http://
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AI Industry Logic and Economic Inequality for the Majority
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In what universe is this the path toward beneficial AI for everyone? What’s happening here is a stark illustration of the logic of the AI industry and the long term economic precarity coming for all but a tiny few if we follow it to its conclusion. 6/
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Data annotation work: Silicon Valley promises versus harsh worker reality
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Silicon Valley loves to say data annotation work provides economic opportunity. The tragic thing is it really could if platforms were designed to uplift workers by providing them jobs with regular working hours, security, and stable incomes. The reality is so far from this. 4/
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Remotasks AI platform suspends operations in Kenya suddenly
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Several workers in Kenya told me – confirmed by local media reports – that Remotasks, one of the largest AI data work platforms in the country that Scale AI owns and OpenAI uses, has suddenly suspended their operations in Kenya. When workers try to log on, they see this. 2/