Round table | Data Workers. AI Seen from the Ground Up

Wednesday June 18, 2025, from 17:00 to 19:15
Room 24.130. First Floor, Mercè Rodoreda Building 24
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Free admission
Language: Spanish & English. English & Spanish translation will be provided

Activity framed in the Data Workers lnquiry, led by the DAIR Institute, the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, and the Technische Universität Berlin.

17:00 – 18:00. Data Workers. The Invisible Shoulders Holding Up Artificial Intelligence

Explanation of the global phenomenon of data workers, their working conditions, the implications of their situation, and their role in the current model of AI development.

Milagros Miceli, lead researcher of the Data Workers lnquiry project.

18:00 – 18:15. Break

18:15 – 19:15. The Experiences of Those Who Make Technology Possible

A roundtable discussion with data workers from diverse backgrounds, sharing their direct experiences and testimonies.

  • A data worker from the United States and organizer with the Turkopticon team.
  • A data worker from Venezuela.
  • A data worker and researcher with extensive experience working with data workers and moderators in Kenya and other African countries.
  • A former content moderator for Meta in Barcelona.

Moderated by Laurenz Sachenbacher, member of the Data Workers lnquiry research team.