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A report describes the "army of millions" in the Global South performing manual data annotation for AI companies, labeling images for autonomous vehicles. Adam Curry pushes back against the "sweatshop" narrative, citing his experience with the Sphinx app and Lightning payments. He explains how workers in the Philippines were able to earn micro-payments for these tasks to buy essential goods.
No Agenda Meetups, Player Annotations, AMAC Magazine
The show highlights upcoming listener meetups in Atlanta, Seattle, and Zurich. They also promote the "No Agenda Player" for its new user-generated annotation features and joke about a host being subscribed to the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC) magazine.
A call for help is issued for the "No Agenda Player" website, which requires assistance with coding and annotations. The goal is to allow producers to add time-stamped comments and metadata to show archives, similar to the functionality found on SoundCloud.
The hosts promote the No Agenda Player and the searchable show notes database. They explain how these tools, built by independent producers, allow listeners to find specific topics within episodes. They encourage the "global producer pool" to continue contributing annotations to improve the resource for researchers and students.
No Agenda Player, Crowdsourced Annotations and SoundCloud Parallel
The "No Agenda Player" is praised as a premier resource for the show, offering SoundCloud-style annotations and topic-based navigation. The hosts highlight that the tool allows users to tweet specific timestamps and is maintained entirely by the producer community. This crowdsourced effort is contrasted with previous transcript projects that often failed due to the high volume of work required.
A new community-developed tool at eclipsecurry.com allows users to annotate and skip to specific segments of podcast episodes, fulfilling a long-standing request for better navigation. Meanwhile, news reports indicate that protests against U.S. interests are spreading to Yemen and Iran. Media outlets like CNN are criticized for using pre-prepared graphics and "lower thirds" that anticipate official government narratives.
