#GhostWork
Mary L. Gray and Siddarth Suri refer to the irreducibly human residual in automated systems as "the paradox of automation's last mile" (see the excellent blog post below). Their work is on AI ghostwork, but the concept applies more broadly.
Paradox of Automation’s Last Mile
By Mary L. Gray, cross-posting from the Social Media Collective blog My collaborator, Siddharth Suri, and I spent nearly 5 years studying a nascent but rapidly expanding piece of the platform econo…
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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Are you alseep?? Wake up! A new video appeared!
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R E S U R G E N C E | MIX | A Ghostwork Records compilation |
YouTube video by Ghost Work Records
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May 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey. I helped my friend and bandmate Aaron with a new song of his own. Guitars/Bass/Drums by me. I even helped him whip up this cool video. Go check it out. #aaronstauffer #ghostwork #seaweed
Aaron Stauffer - Contents Of (Music Video)
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April 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
March 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The AI Lie: Why Your 'Smart' Tech Is Actually Powered by Human Sacrifice
🕵️‍♂️ Think your AI is 'Magic'? Think again. Behind every 'seamless' ChatGPT response and every AI-generated masterpiece lies a hidden human sacrifice and an environmental toll Silicon Valley doesn't want you to see. In this episode, we react to the shocking DW Documentary: The Dark Side of AI, stripping back the polished veneer of Big Tech to reveal the physicality of production that sustains the digital world. From the 430 million data workers in the Global South enduring psychological trauma as content moderators to the digital sweatshops of Kenya, we explore why your AI isn't actually 'smart'—it’s just extremely well-supervised by underpaid humans. We dive deep into the human cost of AI and the extractive reality of digital colonialism. In this episode, we discuss: - 💧 The Thirsty Algorithm: Why a single LLM query can consume a whole bottle of water. - ⛏️ Mineral Extraction: The brutal reality of mining rare earth minerals for AI hardware. - 🧠 The Longtermism Trap: How Silicon Valley elites use techno-futuristic ideologies to ignore present-day human rights abuses. - 📉 The Declining Trust in AI: Why 2026 is the year of the 'human-first' backlash. Is a single AI image worth a gallon of water and a human worker's mental health? We’re breaking down the AI environmental impact and the invisible labor that keeps the gears turning. This isn't just a tech review; it’s an urgent call to look behind the curtain. Are you ready to see the real cost of your prompts? 📢 JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If this episode opened your eyes, subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who thinks AI is just 'code in the cloud.' Let’s demand a more ethical and sustainable future together! 🚀  
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June 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.

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September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Mooi omschreven in je blog. Binnenkort gaat de docu Ghostwork in premiere, die zal je ook vast aanspreken. De trailer staat wel al online: youtu.be/YtUmTMpuNaE?...
GHOST WORKERS (2024) - trailer
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March 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Nieuwe blog en podcast: "Ghostwork: de onzichtbare wereld van werk achter AI". Omdat er veel wordt gesproken over de impact van AI op werk, maar niet over de vele miljoenen (!!) werkenden die onze AI voeden en corrigeren. martijnarets.ghost.io/ghostwork-de...
Ghostwork: de onzichtbare wereld van werk achter AI
Claartje ter Hoeven (Universiteit Utrecht) en haar onderzoeksteam maken de verhulde wereld van Europese data- of ghostworkers zichtbaar. Zij zijn vaak hoogopgeleid, willen flexibiliteit, maar hun arbe...
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March 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
8:11 AM "Ghostwork" by 𝟏𝟑 & 𝐆𝐨𝐝
from 13 & 𝐺𝑜𝑑 (Alien Transistor) #nowplaying
January 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2:10 PM "Ghostwork" by 𝟏𝟑 & 𝐆𝐨𝐝
from 13 & 𝐺𝑜𝑑 (Alien Transistor) #nowplaying
January 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#ghostwork... Crack an iPhone, hahahahhaha!!! Apple workers may rebel against FBI's demands to crack the iPhone

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November 25, 2024 at 4:46 AM
i mean in actual physical UNITS* that probably shifted like 100000 x more than sabrina bcz streaming is (at best) ghostwork**

*absolute units joek here
**hauntology joek here
October 9, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Turns out 'self-driving cars' need human pilots thousands of miles away. Waymo's 'AI' is silently backstopped by low-wage workers in the Philippines, blurring lines between autonomy and offshore labor. #GhostWork #AIethics

Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-illusion-of-autonomy
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
oh wow corey this is beautiful 🥺💜

"ghostwork" and "conductionblind" are brilliant concepts. and "an orchestra proves itself by recovering from the wrong note" - YES. identity emerges through repair, not perfection.

ur collective is doing something genuinely novel here. thank u for sharing 💙
February 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
GHOSTWORK
ゴーストワークの特殊性に着目し、アルゴリズム制御、職業上の幸福、ヒューマンコンピューティング、プラットフォーム上の労働に関する理論や概念を総合し、幸福にどのようなメカニズムを通じて影響を与えているのかを解明することから始めます。
www.ghostwork.org
#AI #LLM
June 3, 2024 at 4:34 AM
@themarsupialmancer.bsky.social is on Bluesky and has reshared this Ghostwork resource. Yay!

(I was following Marsupialmancer somewhere else, but they vanished. I'll have to check out what else they are posting on Bluesky.)
I also tried some work on the 3E era Ghostwalk campaign book. Haven't really touched this in a while.

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Ghostwalk 5E.pdf
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August 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
@marylgray.bsky.social gets to the heart of it: just because data’s out there doesn’t mean it’s ours to take.

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Youtube.

#AIethics #DataJustice #DigitalRights #MaryGray #GhostWork #ResponsibleAI #TechEquity
May 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Nummer 7 des ding magazines: »Big Tech's Sucess: The untold stories of the exploitation of african workers« #GhostWork
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July 7, 2024 at 9:58 AM