Empire of AI by Karen Hao, framework 2 of 7
The data-work crisis playbook
How Scale AI and similar firms built a cheap, disposable global labour pool
Karen Hao's framework, from Empire of AI, pp. 150 to 234.
- Scout
Find places with high education, good internet and economic collapse, so people will work for very little
- Attract
Offer high earnings at launch through referral codes, marketing videos and special programmes
- Throttle
Cut payouts once the platform dominates the market and competitors have been undercut
- Expel
Ban workers who complain or organise, and move to the next economy in crisis
From chapter: Part II, pp. 150–234
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Framework 6 · AI The formula for dissolving empire Hao's recommendations to redistribute power along three axes
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Framework 1 · AI Be number one in four categories Altman's late 2019 vision memo setting what OpenAI must lead on by the end of 2020