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Want to know how RLHF actually works? Read Josh's accounting of going undercover to write the darkly funny limericks about a goldfish powering ChatGPT.

Incredibly important story on the enormous human labor behind AI. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

AI is turtles all the way down but it’s humans

Pulling back the curtain on AI means confronting the tedious manual labor required to keep it running. Josh Dzieza reports on the humans doing that (often baffling) labor, and what their experiences can tell us about how AI might actually change work. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

A little late to the party but this article is a must-read. Key to understanding what's going on and what's going wrong with "AI" is keeping the people in the frame.

Read this excellent and important story by Sarah A. Topol about America’s empire in the Pacific

We're used to thinking of artificial intelligence as knowledge generated by machines. The Verge’s Josh Dzieza pulls back the curtain on the vast network of human labor that powers AI. open.spotify.com/episode/1QfaZ4…

In meiner Übersetzung für Redaktion Merkur: Josh Dzieza schreibt über die menschliche Mühe, die hinter der Entwicklung von KI steckt. Anders als oft angenommen wird diese Arbeit nie ein Ende finden. merkur-zeitschrift.de/artikel/ki-ist…

Don't miss our Best of 2023 issue of the newsletter, with fantastic stories by Jennifer Senior, Stephen Rodrick, Tim Alberta, Willa Paskin, Skip Hollandsworth, Josh Dzieza, Emily Nussbaum, Drew Harwell & many more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

A delight to speak with Josh Dzieza and to be a part of this piece on how historians are working with AI. Also features @CindyErmus and Katie McDonough and their awesome work!

"The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." Josh Dzieza The Verge theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

I highly recommend reading this beautiful piece of long-form journalism by Josh Dzieza of The Verge that profiles the Ocean Link, a submarine cable repair vessel. theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

1. "The Cloud Under the Sea," Josh Dzieza "Dzieza does a fantastic job showing how indispensable [these engineers] are—yet you probably didn’t even know they existed." theverge.com/c/24070570/int…

I like to highlight the journalism and research that informs these talks. This Josh Dzieza essay interviewing workers in warehousing and call centers is at the top of the list. The idea: Technology may one day replace workers. It *already* regulates them. theverge.com/2020/2/27/2115…

For The Verge, I spoke with two dozen users about their relationships with AI. Many experienced benefits. Many also got hurt in unexpected ways. Almost all of them struggled to understand what exactly it was they had become attached to. theverge.com/c/24300623/ai-…

"A terminally ill user who signed up for Replika so they could 'experience how being loved again would feel' was devastated when their Rep abruptly told them they could only be friends." Josh Dzieza The Verge #longreads theverge.com/c/24300623/ai-…

4. "Friend or Faux?" Josh Dzieza "Sometimes the 'personality' users have come to know—and sometimes love—can alter drastically as the software evolves, a problem known as the 'post-update blues.'" theverge.com/c/24300623/ai-…

If nothing else (& there’s much else), Eryk Salvaggio (Lurker: Murder me if I reply) has provided a wonderful reading list for understanding various aspects of AI’s relationship to the world at large, feat: @timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) Iris van Rooij 💭 Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ Josh Dzieza @mayameme Ali Alkhatib Gary Marcus Reid Southen & many others