An Interview with Karen Hao, Technology Journalist

Karen Hao, Levi Checketts*

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Abstract

Karen Hao is an investigative technology journalist who previously worked for MIT Tech Review and The Wall Street Journal. Her work investigates many of the hidden aspects of technology, including its environmental and human costs. In this interview, she talks about the work she conducted in Colombia and Kenya with people doing data tagging and filtering for generative AI. She articulates a human side to work that is typically faceless and nameless, and highlights the global interconnection inherent in AI work. While the trauma and desperation that accompanies ghost work is dispiriting, Ms. Hao provides a hopeful vision of dignified work and the hope for truly humane AI.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond
EditorsLevi Checketts, Benedict S. B. Chan
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages195-204
Number of pages10
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783031778575
ISBN (Print)9783031778568, 9783031778599
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Feb 2025

Publication series

NamePhilosophy of Engineering and Technology
Volume47
ISSN (Print)1879-7202
ISSN (Electronic)1879-7210

User-Defined Keywords

  • Content moderation
  • Data tagging
  • Globalization
  • Labor exploitation
  • Social justice

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