László Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240

ászlóWill their trunk make it onto the right train? Have they got the correct platform? Will they find seats for all five of them in the same compartment? Only once everyone is comfortably ensconced on the Bognor train.

ászlóThats bad for everyoneBut first.ászlóThe result is economic inequality more akin to the 19th century than our vision for the 21st.

ászlóGray and Siddharth Suris 2019 book Ghost Workers.ászlóand Kate Crawfords recent book on the extractive nature of the AI industry.ászlóthe human partner is one or more invisible microtask workers being paid tiny amounts to label images.

ászlóPhil Jones sets these workers in a larger global context.ászló We have seen these workers lives documented before -- for example.

ászlóhipper competitorSocial Warming.

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