The Internet is Crack<p>AI breakthroughs come at a human cost. 80–100 hour workweeks aren’t “innovation.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanCost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanCost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIrace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a></p>
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Ethan Marcotte<p>The workers at Kickstarter United, one of the tech industry’s first unions, are in a tough contract fight, and they’re holding a virtual rally TOMORROW. Here’s the RSVP link: <a href="https://bit.ly/ksru-rally" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/ksru-rally</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Show up if you can! If they win a strong contract with AI protections and a 32-hour work week, that only helps the rest of us 💖</p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>A must-read piece from a tech worker at Google, arguing for a worker-led “AI arms embargo”: <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">google-employee-speaks-out-war-contracting/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/NoTechForApartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoTechForApartheid</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizing</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>🦊</p><p>I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.</p><p>Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:</p><p><a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refresh-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres</span><span class="invisible">h-a-new-look-for-you-deserve-a-tech-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/YDATUbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YDATUbook</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>oh my yes <a href="https://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/DC6A8DF1-B6EB-4BFE-9CC7-774147737354#gallery" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">detroithistorical.pastperfecto</span><span class="invisible">nline.com/archive/DC6A8DF1-B6EB-4BFE-9CC7-774147737354#gallery</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>Always remember that advances in “artificial intelligence” are driven directly by exploited human labor: specifically, by underpaid contractors working under tremendous precarity, often while reviewing horribly traumatizing content:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/labelers-training-ai-say-theyre-overworked-underpaid-and-exploited-60-minutes-transcript/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/labelers-trai</span><span class="invisible">ning-ai-say-theyre-overworked-underpaid-and-exploited-60-minutes-transcript/</span></a></p><p>(cw: descriptions of having viewed violent, extreme content; discussion of resulting trauma by those who viewed it)</p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>The New York Times Tech Guild is officially on strike: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/11/04/new-york-times-tech-strike-walkout/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/style/media</span><span class="invisible">/2024/11/04/new-york-times-tech-strike-walkout/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>“The Tech Guild says Times management bargained for only seven hours in September, what they considered insufficient to reaching a deal.”</p><p>Some good coverage from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@washingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>washingtonpost</span></a></span> on the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@NYTGuildTech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NYTGuildTech</span></a></span>’s strike threat: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/23/new-york-times-tech-guild-strike/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/style/media</span><span class="invisible">/2024/10/23/new-york-times-tech-guild-strike/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a></p>
Ethan Marcotte<p>🦊</p><p>Last year, I wrote a book called YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION; several months later, my publisher decided to close its doors.</p><p>This is a post about what happens next: <a href="https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacquired/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/reacqu</span><span class="invisible">ired/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/YDATUbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YDATUbook</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechUnions</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/TechLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLabor</span></a> <a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/tags/1u" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1u</span></a></p>
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