I Tried DoorDash’s Tasks App and Saw the Bleak Future of AI Gig Work
📰 Wired AI
DoorDash's Tasks app pays gig workers to train AI by performing mundane tasks
Action Steps
- Record videos of themselves performing tasks
- Upload the videos to the Tasks app
- Get paid for contributing to AI training data
- Consider the implications of AI gig work on labor and job security
Who Needs to Know This
AI engineers and data scientists benefit from the data collected, which can be used to improve AI models, while gig workers face uncertain and potentially exploitative working conditions
Key Insight
💡 AI gig work raises concerns about labor exploitation and job security
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