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Josh Hawley: “It strikes me that we're told that AI is new and it's a whole new kind of industry and it's glittery and it's almost…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2023
It strikes me that we're told that AI is new and it's a whole new kind of industry and it's glittery and it's almost magical, and yet it looks like it depends, in critical respects, on very old-fashioned, disgusting, immoral labor exploitation.
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Josh Hawley
Republican · Missouri

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Hawley criticizes the exploitation in the AI industry despite its modern image.

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