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Adio Dinika
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Research fellow @DAIR institute | https://data-workers.org/ Exploring digital labour, platform power, & AI ethics from a global majority lense.
Creative writer| I drink whisky, and I know things
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tnewmsblues.bsky.social
A must read! Great investigation into the strategy of mass recruitment used by AI data work firms. (And featuring lots of great folks like @joan1k.bsky.social @ephantuskanyugi.bsky.social @datalabelers.bsky.social @casilli.bsky.social @adiod.bsky.social)
August 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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dairinstitute.bsky.social
Indeed, @adiod.bsky.social writes:

“The choice facing Africa is...continue as a data colony providing cheap labour for surveillance tools that serve foreign interests, or assert digital sovereignty by developing governance frameworks that prioritise African lives”

africainfact.com/ai-surveilla...
AI surveillance and data colonialism shape African conflicts  - Africa in Fact
On 3 November 2021, Professor Meareg Amare, a respected chemistry academic at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, was gunned down outside his home by men wearing special forces uniforms....
africainfact.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
adiod.bsky.social
Excited to be introducing this latest Inquiry...head to the data workers inquiry website and check out this new inquiry by @joan1k.bsky.social of the @datalabelers.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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krystalkauffman.bsky.social
New Inquiry!!
July 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
Caught up this week with @krystalkauffman.bsky.social and @adiod.bsky.social to plot what’s next for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social: new inquiries, new events, and some big ideas in the works. More soon!
Krystal Kauffman, Adio Dinika and Milagros Miceli take a selfie outdoors
June 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Today, @milamiceli.bsky.social, @krystalkauffman.bsky.social and @adiod.bsky.social from the DWI team are in Barcelona to meet with some of these data workers.

📍Today at 5 PM. The event is open and anyone can attend!
👉 Learn more here: www.ibei.org/es/mesa-redo...
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
adiod.bsky.social
Alert! We have a powerful mental health intervention designed by data workers, for data workers. Drawing on her experience as a former content moderator and trained psychologist, our brilliant co-researcher Kauna Malgwi created a much-needed support system rooted in lived experience. Take a look 👇🏾
dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social Data Workers’ Inquiry @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social · Jun 5
Our brand NEW INQUIRY just dropped!

Every day, data workers, content moderators, annotators, and labellers confront some of the internet’s most harmful content to keep digital spaces safe for others.
June 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
@adiod.bsky.social presenting at the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Flashpoint Symposium in Bremen.
June 4th, 2025
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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krystalkauffman.bsky.social
🚨New Inquiry!! Today, we present Kauna’s mental healthcare proposal tailored specifically to data workers - addressing PTSD, burnout, depression, and more. Her plan delivers a way forward for those affected and a call for change. data-workers.org/kauna/
#MentalHealthInTech #DataWorkersInquiry
A Mental Health Intervention for Data Workers, by Kauna Ibrahim Malgwi
A scalable mental health intervention designed for data workers, grounded in hands‑on insight and evidence‑based practice from my dual perspective as a former content moderator and a registered clinic...
data-workers.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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techpolicypress.bsky.social
New podcast! @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social are the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, just out from HarperCollins. Business Insider calls it a “funny and irreverent deconstruction of AI.”
Taking on the AI Con | TechPolicy.Press
Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna are the authors of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, just out from Harper Collins.
www.techpolicy.press
June 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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alexhanna.bsky.social
Madison! Tonight, @emilymbender.bsky.social and I will be at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social, in conversation with the great @millbot.bsky.social about our book! Come through!

roomofonesown.com/event/2025-0...
The AI Con by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna in Conversation with Emily Mills
roomofonesown.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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philipdisalvo.bsky.social
The new episode of the "Machines That Fail Us" podcast is out now! Glad to host @adiod.bsky.social from @dairinstitute.bsky.social for a chat on the hidden human work behind AI training.

Listen here on the @unisg.ch website or on your preferred audio platform ⤵️

www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
Machines That Fail Us #7 | The hidden human labor behind AI systems
In this episode, Philip di Salvo and Adio Dinika (DAIR) discuss the invisible labor behind AI systems and the various inequalities within the AI industry.
www.unisg.ch
March 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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philipdisalvo.bsky.social
The new episode of the "Machines That Fail Us" podcast is out now! Glad to host @adiod.bsky.social for a chat on the hidden human work (and nature) behind artificial intelligence.

Listen here on the @unisg.ch website or on your preferred audio and podcasting platform ⤵️
February 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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unisg.ch
In the new episode of our podcast "Machines That Fail Us", host @philipdisalvo.bsky.social discusses with @adiod.bsky.social the invisible labor behind #AI systems and the various inequalities within the AI industry. #GenerativeAI
🎧Find out more and listen to new episode: unisg.link/mio
Machines That Fail Us #7 | The hidden human labor behind AI systems
In this episode, Philip di Salvo and Adio Dinika (DAIR) discuss the invisible labor behind AI systems and the various inequalities within the AI industry.
unisg.link
February 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
adiod.bsky.social
Join us now on Twitch
milamiceli.bsky.social Milagros Miceli @milamiceli.bsky.social · Feb 12
💫Tomorrow is the launch event of the Data Labelers Association, and everyone is invited to watch it live on Twitch: twitch.tv/dair_institu...
I’ll be moderating a panel with association members and couldn’t be more excited to support this incredible group!
Event's flyer that reads "data labelers association. Empowering people powering AI. Event Presenters, Introducing the Data Labellers Association. Eric Mwaura, Dorcas Maundu. Panelists. Upclose and Candid: Organize, Collaborate, Advocate, and Transform. Joan Kinyua, Ephantus Kanyugi, Michael Asia, Krystal Kauffman. Supported by DAIR, AINow, Turkopticon, Data Workers' Inquiry. February 13, 2025, 18h. CET / 12PM ET / 20h. Kenya. Join us on: twitch.tv/dair_institute"
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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carbonoufrgs.bsky.social
Acaba de ir ao ar o volume 3 do Carbono. Orgulhosamente apresentamos uma entrevista com o escritor colombiano Barragán Castro, artigos de Liliana Doganova, @lclaberge.bsky.social e @adiod.bsky.social e uma resenha crítica de Helena Lukianski. Acessem e divulguem: www.ufrgs.br/carbono
Display com os nomes dos autores presentes no volume 3 da edição. Em cima escrito "volume 3" ao lado um ícone do CO2, abaixo a logo do Instituto de Letras da UFRGS e o endereço do site: www.ufrgs.br/carbono
February 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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openmicmedia.bsky.social
⬆️ Speakers include Michael Connor of Open MIC, Nadira Narine of @iccr.bsky.social, Brandon Rees of @aflcio.org, @adiod.bsky.social of @dairinstitute.bsky.social & Rosa Curling of Foxglove.

Register here for Zoom: loom.ly/IaYBTBU
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Dehumanization, Discrimination and Deskilling: The Impact of Digital Tech on Low-Wage Workers. The Case for Shareholder Engagement​. After registering, you ...
Together with Open Mic, ICCR released a report in September 2024 called: Dehumanization, Discrimination and Deskilling: The Impact of Digital Tech on Low-Wage Workers. The Case for Shareholder Engagem...
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February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
adiod.bsky.social
If you buy into the warped "DEI" narrative that portrays Black people as incompetent, while also defending Elmo’s fascist drivel, know this—I detest you deeply. You are a profoundly foolish blob of flesh masquerading as a person.
February 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
This event is kindly supported by
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social @dairinstitute.bsky.social @turkopticon.bsky.social and the Data Workers' Inquiry team: @krystalkauffman.bsky.social, @adiod.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Digital labor platforms in Africa offer both opportunities & challenges, with marginalized workers facing dispossession despite tech advancements. @adiod.bsky.social calls for policy reforms to protect worker autonomy & ensure equitable participation in economic shifts

➡️ doi.org/10.34669/wi....
Adio-Adet Tichafara Dinika: Trapped in the Matrix Algorithmic Control and Worker Dispossession in the African Platform Econom, in: Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society 5(1)
December 18, 2024 at 10:11 AM
adiod.bsky.social
One of the most despair-inducing moments is talking to "non-scholars/activists" about AI. Their delight and amazement make me feel like Cassandra, warning of the labor exploitation and copyright theft propping up this shiny facade, only to be met with blank stares and or indifference
December 4, 2024 at 2:59 PM
adiod.bsky.social
After reading this article. leedsinternationalfestival.com/puny-gods-an... , my brother said, "You really hate AI." And I said, no, I dont hate AI, I hate the exploitation embedded in AI. Despite writing and researching on it for 3 years now, each conversation with a data workers leaves me scarred
Puny Gods and Silicon Saviors: Challenging the AI Salvation Narrative | LIFI - Leeds International Festival of Ideas
Leeds International Festival of Ideas.
leedsinternationalfestival.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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arteesetica.bsky.social
"A pesar de que trabajamos para estas grandes empresas, somos la mano de obra barata y descartable para ellos": Oskarina Fuentes frente al Parlamento Europeo junto a @milamiceli.bsky.social hablando sobre la extrema precariedad de los trabajadores de datos de la industria de la IA 📢 #dataworkers
conference: “(Un)Artificial Intelligence: Workers Behind the Machine” Artificial Intelligence, before answering all our questions and even driving our cars, needs to be trained by real humans. These people, called microworkers, constitute an unknown behind-the-scenes workforce. These microworkers will come from all over the world (including Syria, Colombia, the US, Spain and Italy), to give testimony to the European Parliament on their working conditions and provide us with valuable insights into the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and the labour force behind it, highlighting the voices of data workers across Europe and beyond. This event is co-organised with esteemed researcher Antonio Casilli, Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Paris and author of the notable publication En attendant les robots. Enquête sur le travail du clic. https://www.youtube.com/live/U4692ygg6l4 Oskarina Fuentes desde Colombia plantea los problemas estructurales exacerbados por las crisis económicas y políticas en América Latina: trabajadores de plataformas enfrentándose a horarios irregulares, incertidumbre, bajos salarios y tiempo no remunerado
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 PM
adiod.bsky.social
AI is neither Artificial nor Intelligent. Behind the sleek algorithms are real human workers—tagging, labeling, moderating—often underpaid and exploited. The intelligence? It’s extracted labor. The artificial? Just a narrative to obscure the human cost.
November 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM
adiod.bsky.social
I made this thread on that other app, and thought I'd share it here as well, though my feeling is folk here are not as impervious to reading and critical thinking. I got annoyed at some well.meaning people (at least so I thought) saying "woke mind virus" and thought I'd talk about being woke
November 26, 2024 at 1:03 AM