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Behind today’s artificial intelligence systems lies a vast and often invisible workforce responsible for generating, annotating and curating the data on which these systems depend.

In this keynote, Julian Posada will examine the realities of data work in Latin America, drawing on his research into digital labour platforms and the social and economic inequalities that shape them. The session will explore how AI production relies on human labour, how value is extracted across global digital supply chains, and what this means for workers in regions marked by economic instability and unequal power relations.

The keynote forms part of INDL-9, the ninth annual conference of the International Network on Digital Labour, held at the ILO in Geneva under the theme “AI Supply Chains: Building an interdisciplinary research agenda for AI and labour.”

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Data work and territory: The Latin American experience
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Duration
1h 15m 24s
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recorded
Video segments
Title Start Time End Time
Welcome, Housekeeping and Logistics 1s 1m 44s
Introduction of Prof. Julian Posada 1m 44s 4m 39s
Keynote: Platform Extractivism, Data Work and AI Supply Chains 4m 39s 33m 52s
Moderator Q&A: Venezuela, Extractivism and Geopolitical Change 33m 52s 37m 17s
Q&A: Territory, the State and Legal Perspectives (Claire Marzo) 37m 17s 40m 39s
Q&A: Migration and Cyclical Labour Flows (Maria, UBC) 40m 39s 42m 54s
Q&A: Collective Action and Worker Organisation 42m 54s 45m 25s
Q&A: Child Labour and Platform Accountability (Stella) 45m 25s 47m 38s
Q&A: Bias, Epistemic Authority and Worker Agency (Paula Tubero) 47m 38s 50m 21s
Q&A: Gender, Education, Worker Differentiation and Survey Methods 50m 21s 59m 13s
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Date
- Europe/Zurich
Location
Room II
Topic
Future of work
Digital labour platforms
Research
Social protection
Data protection
Data privacy
Data analysis
Data collecting
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Event group
Poster
Data worker on his computer
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Data work and territory: The Latin American experience
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