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@masterisabelle.bsky.social

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January 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM

Marco Derksen

@marcoderksen.eurosky.social

Mooie nieuwsbrief weer van @martijnarets.bsky.social over Ghostwork: de onzichtbare wereld van werk achter AI 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...

martijnarets.ghost.io

March 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM

Micheline Maylor

@michelinemaylor.bsky.social

@freefallmagazine.bsky.social has a new review of @RobertColeman's Ghostwork by @CatherineOwen and @palimpsestpress.bsky.social freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ro...

Review of Robert Colman's "Ghost Work" | FreeFall Magazine

By Catherine Owen Ghost Work by Robert Colman Palimpsest Press (2024) The elegy, for me, is poetry’s core. You have no choice but to take risks, delve

freefallmagazine.ca

March 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Christy Reedy

@christyreedy.bsky.social

Halloween Ghosts #HalloweenArt #Lightworker #Ghosts #GhostWork #MakingFaces #ScaryFaces #ArtKnowz 😂 #HalloweenArtist #ShadowArt #LightAndDark #onelabart #digitalart #art #abstract #abstractart #BlueSkyArtShow #blueskyart #artonbluesky #blueskyartist #artistsonbluesky #womenartistsonbluesky #bluesky

September 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM

Martijn Arets

@martijnarets.bsky.social

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...

martijnarets.ghost.io

March 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM

L.D. Tudge

@dreadfullypoorpublishing.co.uk

When a tuna sandwich—with cheese—is left under a warming lamp, the cheese loses its constitution and the sandwich its good name, becoming a tuna #melt. Sources are #divided on when the name caught up with the lunch counter.

#poemsabout #prose #poetry #writing #vss365

On the Writing of
Ghostwork for Ghosts
Dale Tudge
Sheek invited me out for a “tuna sandwich au gratin” at Schwab’s on Sunset—on his dime. Such generosity only expressed itself when that dime was found on the boulevard sidewalk. As luncheonette counters go, including those going or gone, Schwab’s Pharmacy was the cat’s meow, at least according to the strays scouring the bins behind the restaurant.
“Groucho needs ten pages for College Humor. We can do five each.”
“Do you want it to be good, or should it read like Beds?”
Sheek offered a very moist raspberry for a response, handed me a manila envelope, grabbed his hat, and left.
I looked at the envelope, and then at my tuna melt, and thought: I really should charge more for my work.

March 21, 2026 at 1:12 AM

Victoria McIntosh

@vmcntosh.bsky.social

“Invisible, ubiquitous and indispensable for the development of artificial intelligence (AI): ‘ghost workers’”.

Ghostwork: the invisible world of work behind AI

Claartje ter Hoeven (Utrecht University) and her research team reveal the hidden world of European data or ghostworkers. They are often highly educated, seeking flexibility, but their working conditio...

martijnarets.ghost.io

January 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM

freefallmagazine.bsky.social

@freefallmagazine.bsky.social

@RobertColeman's Ghostwork by @palimpsestpress.bsky.social is reviewed by @Catherine Owen. freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ro...

Review of Robert Colman's "Ghost Work" | FreeFall Magazine

By Catherine Owen Ghost Work by Robert Colman Palimpsest Press (2024) The elegy, for me, is poetry’s core. You have no choice but to take risks, delve

freefallmagazine.ca

March 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM

Martijn Arets

@martijnarets.bsky.social

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.

www.hva.nl/evenementen/...

September 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Hendrik Heuer

@hheuer.bsky.social

Are you a researcher interested in Digital #GhostWork and the Human Presences in #AI Transformations? Then considering joining our #EASST4S2024 panel!

Submit your papers and join us in #Amsterdam!

nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

January 17, 2024 at 1:29 PM

MaoCat

@maocat.bsky.social

And half of those people with "assistants" turn out to have entire homework and project pieces done by them. It’s literally just ghostwork aka fraud. I’ve seen those people and the reason why they are there isn’t that they want to do art, they want a degree they (think they) can easily cheat with.

March 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Hendrik Heuer

@hheuer.bsky.social

👻 Final Call 👻

Last chance to submit to our panel "Digital #GhostWork: Human Presences in #AI Transformations" at #EASST4S2024 in #Amsterdam.

⏰ Deadline: Feb 12
🗓️ Conference: July 16-19

💡More info: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

Hendrik Heuer @hheuer.bsky.social · Feb 6

👻 Join our panel on “Digital #GhostWork: Human Presences in #AI Transformations” at #EASST4S2024 in #Amsterdam 👻

⏰ Deadline: Feb 12

🗓️ Conference: July 16-19

💡More info: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

A flyer that reads: Digital Ghost Work: Human Presences in AI Transformations.

The panel advertised in the flyer engages in discussions of the sociotechnical transformations that AI brings to working life, creating new digital paradigms and epistemic cultures of “ghost work.” We aim to critically examine the obscured labor and the profound implications of advancements in AI.

February 9, 2024 at 1:14 PM

mdtolic

@mdtolic.bsky.social

🎧 #musicsky #aaronstauffer #seaweed #ghostwork #gardener youtube.com/watch?v=C-uI...

Aaron Stauffer - Contents Of (Music Video)

YouTube video by seeIDEAS

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March 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Martijn Arets

@martijnarets.bsky.social

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

YouTube video by Crowd Expedition

youtu.be

March 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM

David "Big Mac" Shepheard

@david-shepheard.bsky.social

@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.)

The Marsupialmancer @themarsupialmancer.bsky.social · Jan 3

I also tried some work on the 3E era Ghostwalk campaign book. Haven't really touched this in a while.

drive.google.com/file/d/1qwQx...

Ghostwalk 5E.pdf

drive.google.com

August 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM

penny

@penny.hailey.at

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

Sean Husick

@seanhusick.bsky.social

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)

YouTube video by seeIDEAS

youtu.be

April 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM

David 🌙

@moonblastx.bsky.social

he just wants to appear as the smartest most incredible person of all time but all he comes across is the cringiest dickhead in the world

his entire successes is him going and paying people to do something for him and then taking credit. literally EVERYTHING he "accomplished" was ghostwork

January 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM

Hendrik Heuer

@hheuer.bsky.social

👻 Join our panel on “Digital #GhostWork: Human Presences in #AI Transformations” at #EASST4S2024 in #Amsterdam 👻

⏰ Deadline: Feb 12

🗓️ Conference: July 16-19

💡More info: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

February 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Hendrik Heuer

@hheuer.bsky.social

Our #EASST4S2024 panel on "Digital #GhostWork: Human Presences in #AI Transformations" got accepted!

Submit your papers and join us in #Amsterdam!

nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

Digital Ghost Work: Human Presences in AI Transformations

Roger Andre Søraa (Norwegian Uni. of Science and Technology)
Yana Boeva (University of Stuttgart)
Hendrik Heuer (University of Bremen)

This panel engages in discussions of the sociotechnical transformations that AI brings to working life, creating new digital paradigms and epistemic cultures of “ghost work.” We aim to critically examine the obscured labor and the profound implications of advancements in AI.

The advent of AI not only transforms working paradigms but also reframes epistemic cultures and the very nature of labor. This panel dives into these profound transformations to critically scrutinize how different types of AI are impacting labor sectors and the multifaceted implications accompanying AI advancements. A central topic we seek to explore revolves around the concept of "ghost work" (Gray & Suri 2019)—where work is seemingly done invisibly by technology, but have indeed humans present but hidden in the machines. Therefore, we ask: To whom is this work truly ghostly? What about human agency in machine worlds? What historical entanglements of "ghost work" with colonial legacies and labor exploitation can be found? What constitutes fair structuring of societal organization when AI systems thrive on obscured labor?

By elevating voices and perspectives of so-called ghost workers, we aim to demystify the values inherent in such roles. While the term "ghost work" often carries pro

November 27, 2023 at 8:48 AM

Erin Lockwood

@erinkaylockwood.bsky.social

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.