Julian Posada

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I am an Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University and a member of the Yale Law School’s Information Society Project and the Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science. My research integrates theories and methods from information science, sociology, and human-computer interaction to examine how technology is developed and used within various historical, cultural, and social contexts. My current project investigates the dynamics between human labor and data production in the artificial intelligence industry. Incorporating elements of Latin American critical thought, this study emphasizes the experiences of workers in the region who are employed by digital platforms to produce machine learning data and validate algorithmic outputs. PhD in Information, 2022 University of Toronto Master in Sociology, 2018 School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences Maîtrise in the Humanities, 2016 Sorbonne University Many of the world’s workers rely on digital platforms for their

Julian Posada Search Julian Posada Assistant Professor Yale University About Me I am an Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University and a Just Tech Fellow at the Social Science Research Council . My research examines the social and cultural dimensions of information, especially the role of labor and infrastructure in the development of artificial intelligence. My book, Platform Extractivism: Data Work and the People Powering Artificial Intelligence (University of California Press, October 2026) , argues that the development of datasets for artificial intelligence depends on labo

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