Category: Series 1: AI Series

“Who Taught the Robots?” (AI)

The systems screening résumés, approving loans, and pulling faces out of crowd footage didn’t appear from nowhere. They were trained — by underpaid workers in the Global South, on data scraped from a deeply uneven internet, by companies whose definition of “neutral” tends to look a lot like one specific guy. We unpack who’s actually building AI, whose labor stays invisible, and why “the algorithm decided” is the new “I was just following orders.”

AI isn’t just a tech story — it’s a human story.
This series breaks down artificial intelligence in a way that is smart, accessible, and grounded in real life. From ChatGPT and automation to job disruption, ethics, surveillance, creativity, misinformation, and the future of work, we explore how AI is reshaping the world around us. No tech bro jargon. No hype without accountability. Just clear conversations about what AI is, who benefits, who gets left behind, and how everyday people can prepare for what’s coming.