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Amara and “Ghost Work” – A New Book by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri

Posted on May 7, 2019August 5, 2022 By Stella Tran 10 Comments on Amara and “Ghost Work” – A New Book by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri

Today marks the release of Mary L. Gray, a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow, and Siddharth Suri’s new book Ghost Work. Here at Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) and Amara, we are excited to have been a part of this extraordinary work, which features our sustainability program Amara on Demand.

Cover of Ghost Work by Mary L. Gray and Siddarth Suri, out May 7, 2019.

Ghost Work is a deep look into the experiences of the invisible army of millions of workers in today’s on-demand economy. Along with its ethnographic accounts of gig economy workers in India and the US, Ghost Work sheds light on how a number of multinational companies operate. Even as companies extol the virtues of robotics, artificial intelligence, and the internet, in reality they rely on humans and crowdwork to finish what Gray and Suri call “automation’s last mile.” Ghost Work sheds light on the fact that the automation technology that makes our everyday lives more convenient, is surprisingly, the result of both machine and human labor.

Ghost Work prominently features Amara On Demand (AOD) as a promising and alternative path for crowdwork. To better understand AOD, the authors of Ghost Work broadly surveyed the AOD linguist community and conducted face-to-face ethnographic interviews with a significant number of linguists. Many of the conclusions presented in the book are drawn directly from the experiences and stories of these linguists. As an organization, we are very excited to have been in a position to contribute to the research. We are also grateful to the authors for the thoughtfulness and great care they took in working with members of AOD.

The book came out today. If you are interested in learning more about the current state of crowdwork, and what can be done to ensure a future of work that benefits everyone, we hope you will give Ghost Work a read.

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Comments (10) on “Amara and “Ghost Work” – A New Book by Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri”

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  2. Raman selvaraj says:
    June 16, 2019 at 1:26 am

    Giving insight into what is real, rational approach to the situation, economic scenario, stories, experiences of linguistic writers and over all perspective of problems involved inspite of AL and AUTOMATION.

    Reply
  3. Juned ahmed says:
    July 1, 2019 at 1:02 pm

    I am agree

    Reply
  4. biguenique says:
    August 5, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    Machines cannot create value. It’s an economical fact that has been very clearly demonstrated by Marx more than 150 years ago. All possible forms of profit are the result of the exploitation of human work. Machines only raise the throughput of organized labor, but can only transfer their own value… which was generated by even more human work. AI and automation cannot ultimately replace human work.

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  5. @jorgeartware says:
    October 27, 2019 at 1:36 am

    Work on demand is also a great alternative for people around the world who are in need of an honest way to put their good skills into productive affairs; a great way to avoid being a victim of circumstances related to our social surroundings pushing people down. In many cases those social circumstances being simple discrimination.
    In my case because of a sect that’s harassing me because I refused to join them, which is kind of extreme… I won’t put my skills at the service of bigots, my gratitude goes to anyone who recognize my talent has a better use. And I do need all the help I can get; which helps me to help others too.

    Reply
  6. Lambungku Sehat says:
    March 27, 2020 at 4:12 am

    All possible forms of profit are the result of the exploitation of human work. Machines only raise the throughput of organized labor, but can only transfer their own value… which was generated by even more human work. AI and automation cannot ultimately replace human work.

    Reply
  7. Angels Whisper says:
    June 11, 2021 at 12:03 am

    It is interesting to note though we are getting surrounded by AI tools – but there will always be the need of Human being. Otherwise its not possible to operate the AI also.

    Reply
  8. James Skipper says:
    July 19, 2021 at 7:40 am

    Thanks for sharing1

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  9. TimmyNaillon says:
    October 21, 2021 at 2:23 am

    Good!

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