[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:what-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a16-the-myth-of-automation-how-ai-is-and-will-remain-dependent-on-cheap-labour":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":8,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":26,"body_blocks":34,"call_to_action":49,"categories":56,"owner":7,"authors":61,"image":62,"show_related_pages":63,"related_pages":64,"related_sites":75,"in_subsite":76,"contact_page_url":77,"banner_message":78},7088,"s0-a16-the-myth-of-automation-how-ai-is-and-will-remain-dependent-on-cheap-labour","The myth of automation: How AI is and will remain dependent on cheap labour",null,"","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a16-the-myth-of-automation-how-ai-is-and-will-remain-dependent-on-cheap-labour","pages.contentpage","en","2025-05-21T19:47:00+00:00","2026-04-22T08:19:25.934510+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F7088\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25],{"title":17,"slug":18},"What We Do","what-we-do",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Podcasts","podcasts",{"title":23,"slug":24},"The Gig Work Podcast","the-gig-work-podcast",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":27,"canonical":28,"robots":29,"og_type":30,"twitter_card":31,"locale":11,"created_at":32,"last_modified_at":33},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a16-the-myth-of-automation-how-ai-is-and-will-remain-dependent-on-cheap-labour\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2025-05-21T21:47:00+02:00","2026-04-22T10:19:26.102688+02:00",[35],{"type":36,"data":37},"composed_content_block",{"blocks":38},[39,44],{"type":40,"data":41},"text_block",{"content":42,"variant":43},"\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cimg alt=\"Antonio Casilli\" class=\"richtext-image left\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.width-400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.width-400.jpg 400w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.width-800.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.width-1200.jpg 1200w\"\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence (AI) is and will remain dependent on human labour. The people who do the work behind AI systems are often invisible. This carries risks of poor working conditions, low wages and inadequate protection for workers. How does this situation arise, and how can we ensure that the many invisible data workers also benefit from technological developments? For the \u003Cb>WageIndicator Foundation's Gig Work Podcast,\u003C\u002Fb> \u003Cb>Martijn Arets\u003C\u002Fb> spoke with Professor \u003Cb>Antonio Casilli\u003C\u002Fb> (Institut Polytechnique de Paris), author of the book \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpress.uchicago.edu\u002Fucp\u002Fbooks\u002Fbook\u002Fchicago\u002FW\u002Fbo239039613.html\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting for Robots, the Hired Hands of Automation\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fnews-stories\u002Fgig-blog\u002F2025\u002Fai-antonio-casilli\">The episode's highlights can also be found in this blog.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"type":45,"data":46},"iframe_block",{"content":47,"title":48,"variant":43},"\u003Ciframe class=\"w-full\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fopen.spotify.com\u002Fembed\u002Fepisode\u002F62pyhjFBgpMrInKlNFLFrC?utm_source=generator\" title=\"Antonio Casilli and AI\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>","Antonio Casilli and AI",{"text":50,"link":51},"Contact us",{"title":50,"url":52,"description":50,"rel":53,"type":54,"id":55},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[57],{"id":58,"slug":59,"name":60},6,"platform-economy","Platform Economy",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fantonio-casilli-c3d847eda359.width-400.jpg",true,[65,70],{"id":66,"short_title":7,"title":67,"url":68,"image":69},7087,"Ghostwork: the invisible world of work behind AI","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a15-ghostwork-the-invisible-world-of-work-behind-ai","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fclaartje-ter-hoeven-19c8b2e5303a.width-400.jpg",{"id":71,"short_title":7,"title":72,"url":73,"image":74},7086,"Who pays the bill for unpaid labour in the platform economy?","\u002Fwhat-we-do\u002Fpodcasts\u002Fthe-gig-work-podcast\u002Fs0-a14-who-pays-the-bill-for-unpaid-labour-in-the-platform-economy","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002Fvaleria-pulignano-e21525ab63a8.width-400.jpg",[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]