Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden beneath this smooth surface lies the grim reality of a precarious global workforce of millions that labour under often appalling conditions to make AI possible.
Feeding the Machine presents an urgent, riveting investigation of the intricate network of organisations that maintain this exploitative system, revealing the untold truth of AI. Based on hundreds of interviews and thousands of hours of fieldwork over more than a decade, this book shows us the lives of the workers often deliberately concealed from view and the systems of power that determine their future.
| ISBN: | 9781837261840 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2025 |
| Author: | James Muldoon, Mark Graham, Callum Cant |
| Publisher: | Canongate an imprint of Canongate Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Genres: |
Impact of science and technology on society Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments Social and cultural history Artificial intelligence |