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We're taking a week off recording so we're unlocking one of our favorite episodes from the Patreon feed for you to enjoy.\n\nCold 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\nGrab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ \n\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)