Dear all, I am thrilled to announce an unprecedented initiative taking place on Thursday, November 21st, 2024. Together with my DiPLab colleague Milagros Miceli, I will be joining MEP Leïla Chaibi at the European Parliament to bring AI data workers and EU policymakers together for the first time. This groundbreaking meeting aims to connect the voices of those who make AI systems possible with the individuals shaping their future regulations. (Un)Artificial Intelligence: Workers Behind the Machine Date: November 21st, 2024 Time: 2:30 – 5:30 PM CET Location: European Parliament, Brussels Room: Spinelli 1G2 [ https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyVm1oWvRyG1E5cjPk6gd0M87cqk3ATNtv... | Register to Attend in Person ] Can't make it in person? [ https://www.youtube.com/live/U4692ygg6l4 | Join us via the YouTube livestream ] Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in French, English, Italian, Spanish, and German. For the first time the European institution welcomes a delegation of workers and organizers coming from Colombia, Italy, Spain, Syria, and the United States, to share their firsthand experiences and discuss pathways to improve their working conditions. Their presence transforms abstract policy discussions into concrete dialogue about the human foundation of AI development. Data workers' stories will illuminate the complex reality behind AI systems. While headlines often focus on technological breakthroughs, these workers perform the crucial tasks that make AI development possible. Their insights will be invaluable as the European Parliament considers policies to protect and support this vital workforce. This event is the outcome of [ https://diplab.eu/encore/ | the EnCOre project (European microworkers Communication & Outreach), an initiative conducted by researchers from DiPLab, DAIR, and the Weizenbaum Institute to map data work in 9 European countries ] . DiPLab continues its mission of amplifying the voices of women and men who power artificial intelligence systems by performing often unseen and underpaid data work. [ https://diplab.eu/diplab-on-the-european-parliaments-transnational-forum-of-... | After a first event organized in collaboration with DiPLab at the European Parliament in February 2024 ] , which was a [ https://diplab.eu/victory-over-uberization-diplab-joins-workers-in-celebrati... | key turning point in the subsequent adoption of the European Directive on Platform Work ] , this dialogue represents our team's ongoing commitment to ensuring data workers' perspectives shape AI policy. By bringing workers directly into conversation with European policymakers, DiPLab continues its work of bridging the gap between AI's human workforce and the institutions that govern it. Want to Know More? If you want to know more about DiPLab's EnCOre project (European Microworkers Communication & Outreach), download our report: Milagros Miceli, Paola Tubaro, Antonio A. Casilli, Thomas Le Bonniec, Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher. Who Trains the Data for European Artificial Intelligence? European Parliament; The Left. 2024. ⟨hal-04662589⟩ [ https://hal.science/hal-04662589v1 | Download Report ] © 2024 DiPLab [ https://www.casilli.fr/ | Website ] | [ https://www.instagram.com/antonio.a.casilli/ | Instagram ] | [ https://bsky.app/profile/casilli.bsky.social | BlueSky ] | [ https://fr.linkedin.com/in/acasilli | LinkedIn ] Antonio A. Casilli Professor, Telecom Paris | Institut Polytechnique de Paris By-Fellow, Churchill College | University of Cambridge Upcoming book: [ https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo239039613.html | Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation ] (University of Chicago Press, 2025)
