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Training large language models on my loved ones' data
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Today’s “expert” data labelers are tomorrow’s layoffs
Training LLMs On My Loved Ones' Data Today’s “expert” data labelers are tomorrow’s layoffs joyce c. chen Jan 11, 2026 43 3 7 Share Highly-paid “expert” data labelers are behind many of the most recent advances in AI capabilities, even as these workers experience the same indignities as earlier generations of online gig workers. Today’s essay highlights the absurdity of the situation. “What [are] the right demands for an industry that is engineering its own obsolescence?” —Jessica Subscribe Graphic by Connie Liu Training large language models on my loved ones’ data By circe “Till a system was f
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