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Support worker-led organizing\"\"We’re AI workers organizing for better working conditions<\/span><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Amazon Mechanical Turk Workers need<\/span> your support. Turkopticon is a worker-run non-profit dedicated to improving the working conditions for those using Amazon Mechanical Turk. By supporting Turkopticon, you\u2019re supporting workers\u2019 organizing for better working conditions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

Workers from around the world log on to Amazon Mechanical Turk each day to perform this work. This work can range from completing surveys that allow researchers to collect data on people\u2019s views, to testing software prototypes, and well beyond. But a lot of this work consists of labeling and cleaning data for the Artificial Intelligence\/Machine Learning sector. This is <\/span>repetitive<\/span> work, without which machine learning would not function.<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The AI\/ML industry, which relies on these workers, is a $Billion Industry, with individual engineering salaries reaching beyond $500K\/yearly. So i<\/span>t might surprise some people to learn that some of these workers never get paid for their work and there is currently no recourse for them. How can this happen?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In this relationship, the <\/span>requester<\/span> has a lot of power. And too often, they \u201cmass reject\u201d all of a person\u2019s work, meaning that person doesn\u2019t get paid.<\/span> Sometimes the reason for rejection is nonsensical. Worse, sometimes there is not a reason at all. The requester work product <\/span>and the worker is left without pay or recourse<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Amazon should not allow thi<\/span>s. And that\u2019s why Turkopticon is organizing workers to push back, and ensure stable, dignified working conditions. <\/span>Join Turkopticon in solidarity with workers. Help us mobilize workers to launch a campaign that demands change and better working practices.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

We are currently looking to raise $5,000 per month to continue our fight against mass rejections, fund servers, forum moderation, communications, organizing, and training.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Recurring support is vital, to keep Turkopticon running and making it sustainable.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n