Captured

The hidden worlds of the tech elite, and the sci-fi future they’re building for all of us.

From the data laborers in Kenya’s slums training algorithms, via the fraught questions of who owns your digital brain, to Silicon Valley’s techno-religious visions of the future—this project explores how this new technology is not just intended to redefine the way we work, but what it means to be human.

How will Silicon Valley’s AI revolution remake the future of work—and who really stands to benefit.

In Kenya’s slums, they’re doing our digital dirty work

Big Tech makes promises about our gleaming AI future, but its models are built on the backs of underpaid workers in Africa

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