In this episode of the podcast, we hear the story of Lisa, a worker on Appen, based in the UK. We hear her story of struggling to make a living or Appen, or maybe more accurately, struggling to not make a living, in this epic tale of love, loss and unpaid wages.

Here's some of the resources that I used to write the introduction in case you would like to do some further reading:

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/04/google-ai-project-maven-figure-eight/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html

I originally read about the project and it's link with microwork in Phil Jones' book 'Work Without the Worker' which I'd highly recommend:

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3869-work-without-the-worker

You can reach out to me (Robbie) at robbie.warin@oii.ox.ac.uk in case you have any thoughts, reflections or comments on the podcast.

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