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Artificial intelligence is often imagined as autonomous technology, yet its development continues to depend heavily on human labour.

In this keynote, Julie Yujie Chen will examine the emergence of AI data labour in China and the social, technological and economic forces shaping it. Drawing on the Chinese expression “no human labour, no intelligence”, the session will explore how digital labour, industrial development, employment pressures and cultural understandings of work intersect in the growth of AI.

The keynote will also consider what the experience of China can contribute to a broader research agenda on AI supply chains and the changing relationship between labour and technology.

The session forms part of INDL-9, the ninth annual conference of the International Network on Digital Labour, held at the ILO in Geneva.

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Human labour behind AI: Rethinking artificial intelligence and work in China
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1h 15m 30s
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Title Start Time End Time
Welcome and Introduction of Julie Yujie Chen 10s 3m 56s
Keynote: No Human Labour, No Intelligence — AI Data Work in China 3m 56s 42m 22s
Q&A: Skills, dormitory labour regime, graduate employment and provincial differences 42m 22s 52m 42s
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- Europe/Zurich
Location
Room II
Topic
Artificial intelligence
Future of work
Digital labour platforms
Workers rights
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Poster
Two technicians in uniforms working on laptops in a laboratory setting
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Human labour behind AI: Rethinking artificial intelligence and work in China
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