Abstract:People with disabilities are often perceived as being “given” the opportunity to work, rather than “providing” valuable labor. Centering on disabled data workers as experts involved in the quotidian construction of artificial intelligence (AI) systems in China, this article shows that disability expertise and labor can afford a technical edge to AI systems in a certain political economy. In the case examined, the work of consistently synchronizing interpretations of the ambiguous data and elusive rules of smar… Show more
“…Lin, 2021; J. Wu, 2020; D. Wu, 2023) by underlying how the socio-institutional manifestation of disability as a derogatory category in Chinese society shape the educational opportunity of disabled students.…”
“…Lin, 2021; J. Wu, 2020; D. Wu, 2023) by underlying how the socio-institutional manifestation of disability as a derogatory category in Chinese society shape the educational opportunity of disabled students.…”
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