You Talked to Workers for This Labor Research... Right? (with Sophie Song), 2025.11.17
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Sophie Song joins the hosts to discuss the implications of using chatbots for labor research and the potential impact of automation on jobs.
Last month, Senate Democrats warned that "Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade." Ironically, they used ChatGPT to come to that conclusion. DAIR Research Associate Sophie Song joins us to unpack the issues when self-professed worker advocates use chatbots for "research." Sophie Song is a researcher, organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of tech and social justice. They’re a research associate at DAIR, where they're working with Alex on building the Lud...
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