A look at the global freelancer labor force on sites like 99designs, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI
The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social and @anabrandusescu.bsky.social . Mastodon: @waxy@xoxo.zone Twitter: @siddiquizuha , @joyclee , and @violazhouyi See also Mediagazer Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social : Always love Rest of World but this is a particularly cool feature exploring how outsourced workers are using AI, with some fun real world examples. — https://restofworld.org/... Ana Brandusescu / @anabrandusescu.bsky.social : “The precarity built into the offshore model makes these workers particularly susceptible to AI-fuelled shifts in the labor market.” https://restofworld.org/... Mastodon: @waxy@xoxo.zone : Rest of World talks to outsourced workers forced to adopt generative AI to stay competitive: they commissioned work made with and without AI from freelancers in Nigeria, Mexico, China, and the Philippines https://restofworld.org/... Twitter: Zuha Siddiqui / @siddiquizuha : AI isn't just coming for the jobs ... it's already here. For @restofworld's latest enterprise project, @decka227 spoke with outsourced workers whose jobs have *already* been affected by the AI revolution. https://restofworld.org/... @joyclee : “Some six months later, one global labor force is at the frontline of the generative AI revolution: offshore outsourced workers” https://restofworld.org/... [image] Viola Zhou / @violazhouyi : For @decka227's feature on the labor impact of generative AI, we also commissioned freelancers around the world to show us how AI has changed how they work. A marketing designer in Shenzhen is exploring using AI to replace human models and photographers. https://restofworld.org/... [image] See also Mediagazer