The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy (2025) [pdf]

by beepbooptheoryon 3/12/2026, 4:12 PMwith 18 comments

Related: https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-worke... (https://archive.ph/yS8xb)

by klueincon 3/12/2026, 8:20 PM

Appaled at the lack of empathy for labellers from other comments here.

by d0ableon 3/12/2026, 8:27 PM

Would have liked to see a clearer call for action other than "regulation" - what exactly would the author want to regulate and what are the downstream effects?

by mbrumlowon 3/12/2026, 7:19 PM

> he started his second job as the human labor behind AI sex bots

This makes no sense. AI sex bots don’t need humans texting and role playing.

I don’t think whoever wrote this article understands what AI is.

Note the fist job of describing what was in the video seems like somebody building a AI dataset.

by renewiltordon 3/12/2026, 7:43 PM

Phone sex line guy upset he had to do phone sex. What.