004: Love, Loss and Unpaid Wages

In this episode of the podcast, we hear the story of Lisa, a worker on Appen, based in the UK. We hear her story of struggling to make a living or Appen, or maybe more accurately, struggling to not make a living, in this epic tale of love, loss and unpaid wages.

Here's some of the resources that I used to write the introduction in case you would like to do some further reading:

Google Hired Gig Economy Workers to Improve Artificial Intelligence in Controversial Drone-Targeting Project

‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon

I originally read about the project and it's link with microwork in Phil Jones' book 'Work Without the Worker' which I'd highly recommend:

You can reach out to me (Robbie) at robbie.warin@oii.ox.ac.uk in case you have any thoughts, reflections or comments on the podcast.

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