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b'Cold open: Ghost in the Shell\\n\\nThere is a long list of services that purport to be powered by sophisticated software, but actually rely on humans acting like robots. We discuss a critical concept\\u2014whether we call it Potemkin AI, fauxtomation, or ghost work\\u2014for understanding how so much so-called artificial intelligence is just a spectacle, a simulation, designed to mystify the labor that really turns the crank of smart systems sold as advanced innovations. They are the humans hidden inside mechanical minds.\\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022 Potemkin AI | Jathan Sadowski: https://reallifemag.com/potemkin-ai/\\n\\u2022 The Automation Charade | Astra Taylor: https://logicmag.io/failure/the-automation-charade/ \\n\\u2022 Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass | Mary L. Gray Siddharth Suri: https://ghostwork.info/ \\n\\u2022 Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media | Sarah T. Roberts: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen\\n\\u2022 Difference and Dependence among Digital Workers: The Case of Amazon Mechanical Turk | Lilly Irani: https://read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic-quarterly/article-abstract/114/1/225/3763/Difference-and-Dependence-among-Digital-Workers \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nTMK shirts are now available here: bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)'