Milagros Miceli

This is what it can look like when research is rooted in lived experience.

A key piece of context on this report is that DAIR researcher Adrienne Williams is a former Amazon delivery driver and organizer herself, and the report builds on many in-depth interviews. ⬇️

I remain proud of the work I do, and of all those who continue to research, teach, and speak up in Germany even when the context becomes unbearable.

They do this now that @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social is recognized and receives awards; now that my research is acknowledged internationally. But little has changed at a structural level. Recognition does not equal protection, and visibility does not erase precarity.

The same media that otherwise try to silence and criminalize us now celebrate my work. The same academic system that won’t tenure me but drowns me in bureaucracy before I can even do my job, now claims me as one of its own and makes me its poster child.

Screenshot from UN's website. Press release: UN experts urge Germany to halt criminalisation of police violence against Palestinians solidarity activism

International organizations, including the UN, have since expressed concern over the repression of peaceful pro-Palestine demonstrations in Germany.

Just a year ago, several colleagues were threatened with the withdrawal of funding, and some even doxxed by the media for having signed an open letter calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza and for supporting our students who were protesting said genocide in Berlin.

page of the German newspaper Tagesspiegel where Milagros Miceli is feature among other scientists from Berlin

I’ve been included among the "100 Brightest Minds in Berlin's Science," a list published annually by Tagesspiegel and widely celebrated by Berlin universities.

Check out this powerful report by brilliant colleagues Adrienne Williams, Alex Hanna, and Sandra Barcenas, revealing how Amazon weaponizes technology to exploit its own workers.

Poster of the Gender and Tech Online Talk Series, featuring the fifth event: "Data Work and Political Participation." It has a white background with red letters on top, and white letters on a red background in the middle. The poster lists the speakers: Milagros Miceli (DAIR Institute) and Tatiana Dias (The Intercept Brasil), as well as the moderator, Yasmin Curzi. The event takes place on October 29, 11am EDT. It is co-organized by Yasmin Curzi and Jess Reia. There are two logos at the bottom: UVA DTD Lab and UVA School of Data Science.

Want to learn more about how data labour is gendered in its structures, practices & outcomes? Join us for the 5th talk in our Gender & Tech Series on 10/29, 11am EDT, w/ @milamiceli.bsky.social & @tatikmd.bsky.social.
Free & open. Register: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
With @yasmincurzi.com

Colectivo Arte es Ética - Artivismo y autorías de habla hispana. En defensa de los DDHH frente a la IA generativa en Iberoamérica. https://arteesetica.org/

Arte es Ética es un colectivo formado por profesionales creativos de diferentes disciplinas cuyo principal objetivo es informar y concienciar sobre el impacto de la IA generativa en el sector creativo y defender los DDHH del abuso de esta tecnología.
@arteesetica.bsky.social

arteesetica.org

“Les Révélations Brutales”, illustration by Bertall (Charles Albert d’Arnoux) from Balzac’s Petites misères de la vie conjugale (1846) Fuente: https://archive.org/details/petitesmisres00balz/page/272/mode/2up

La IA generativa está transformando la realidad, pero no del modo «magnánimo» que anuncia su campaña mediática. En este hilo [ampliable] recomiendo la labor de colectivos, organizaciones y personas que investigan e informan, con una postura crítica, sobre los perjuicios de esta tecnología.

Lo que sostiene la inteligencia artificial: Los trabajadores invisibilizados, con Milagros Miceli EthicSound · Episode

🔥 ¡Nuevo episodio de Mucho hype y pocas nueces!
En este capítulo charlamos con @milamiceli.bsky.social , sobre la cara oculta de la #IA en la que no nos fijamos cuando hacemos una consulta a un chatbot 👇

Online speaker Shugars presenting a slide with a graphic: "AI is for losers. I can make art that's ugly and bad all by myself. Thank you very much!"

Online speaker Milagros Miceli presenting a slide on the Data Workers' Inquiry project

Speaker Peaks Krafft presenting their work

Speaker Lucy Osler presenting in front of a slide titled "AI Gossip?"

Our second panel, Critical AI and Social/Data/Science, chaired by @gildersleve.uk, featured great discussion on identity, computational workers, and social impacts of AI thanks to online and in-person speakers @shugars.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social, Peaks Krafft, and @lucyosler.bsky.social

But striking the right balance between accuracy and accessibility when communicating is really tricky. Each engagement demands different timing, caters to different audiences, and allows different levels of depth. And I'm definitely trying to get better at it all!

Data Workers' Inquiry - Data Workers' Inquiry Data Workers' Inquiry

I’ve always admired researchers like @dylnbkr.bsky.social who can communicate clearly, engagingly, and charmingly because I care deeply about producing knowledge that’s accessible and not just for the books. Our repository at Data Workers' Inquiry is a testimony of that: data-workers.org#Inquiries

Milagros Miceli: “La IA no funciona sola y necesita del trabajo humano” La socióloga e informática estudia las condiciones laborales de las personas detrás de la IA y ha sido reconocida entre las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo en su área.

And by Pedro Molina for @natgeoesp.bsky.social: www.nationalgeographic.com.es/tecnologia/m...

Milagros Miceli, la argentina distinguida por Time: "Sin el trabajo de las personas, no tendríamos IA ni redes sociales" Forbes conversó con Milagros Miceli, distinguida como una de las 100 personas más influyentes en materia de inteligencia artificial. Comparte la lista con Sam Altman, Elon Musk o Jensen Huang, entre o...

I was brilliantly interviewed by @chulkinet.bsky.social for Forbes:
www.forbesargentina.com/innovacion/m...

YouTube video by eltrece Milagros Miceli y el lado B de la inteligencia artificial que asombró a Pergolini y Yanina Latorre

I did several radio segments, social media conversations, and even a late-night show in Argentina!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkgc...

YouTube video by Weizenbaum-Institut Who is Really Fueling your AI? Precarization and Resistance in Data Work

I held keynotes and participated in panels, both in person and online. A recording of the keynote I held a few weeks ago at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social and the panel with data workers that followed can be watched here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Q1...

Milagros Miceli at the Argentinian late-night-show "Otro Día Perdido"

These past few weeks, I’ve done a lot of public engagement, and it’s reminded me how hard science communication can be!

„Du siehst abgetrennte Gliedmaßen und vor dir die 180 Aufgaben, die abzuarbeiten sind.“ Veronica Oduor* (*Name geändert) ist Contentmoderatorin. Die Bilder, die sie an ihren Arbeitstagen sieht, so verstörend, dass sie auf keinen Fall auf Social Media erscheinen dürfen

In Kenia ist das Trainieren von KI und Moderieren von Inhalten aus sozialen Netzwerken ein ganzer Wirtschaftszweig. Viele der Arbeitenden leiden unter den Inhalten, die sie dort täglich sehen müssen. Einige von ihnen organisieren sich, für mehr psychologische Hilfe, bessere Bezahlung und politische Teilhabe

„Die Konfrontation mit belastenden Inhalten mag zum Moderieren dazugehören, aber Traumata müssen nicht sein.“ Christy Hoffman, Generalsekretärin der Gewerkschaft UNI Global. Technologieunternehmen sollten, wie auch andere Branchen, ihre Mitarbeiter*innen schützen

Damit KI und Social Media nutzbar werden, blicken Data-Worker im Verborgenen in Abgründe. In Kenia regt sich nun aber Widerstand. taz.de/Data-Worker-...

🔥 ¡Estamos de estreno!

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Starting now! Tune in: youtube.com/live/jA3wSMe...

#TIME100AI @milamiceli.bsky.social, sociologist & computer scientist at #TUBerlin / @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social, is joining the conversation. Be part of it 👇

The DWI team attended this year’s INDL-8 Conference! Laurenz and Camilla shared theoretical and methodological insights on Data Workers’ Inquiry, while our amazing collaborators Kauna and Ephantus led a powerful panel on workers organizing and unionizing. 💪

Who is Really Fueling your #AI? Join us on September 17 to discuss precarization and resistance in #datawork, with the @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social and @superrrnetwork.bsky.social. Don't miss your chance to meet some of the shadow workforce behind AI. buff.ly/dHMHXPV

🎉 Latin America continues to be a strong driving force for AI in 2025 🦾

KHIPU is thrilled to communicate that three people from Latin America have been featured in TIME100 AI 2025!!

The list of the 100 most influential people in AI according to TIME magazine, include:

Thank you, my friend! 🥹❤️

Huge congrats to @milamiceli.bsky.social 🌟

This is a recognition to all of us making the Data Workers’ Inquiry project!

Timnit believed in me and my vision even before I was able to put it in words. I’m incredibly grateful to @dairinstitute.bsky.social for giving @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social a home and to Timnit for her leadership, generosity, trust and support❤️