Callum Cant is a postdoctoral researcher on the Global Partnership for AI’s ‘Fair Work for AI’ project focusing on regulatory frameworks for AI in the workplace.
His first book, Riding for Deliveroo, is an investigation of class conflict in platform capitalism. He completed his PhD, titled ‘“We are a service class”: a workers’ inquiry into the class composition of service commodity production during the unreal interregnum’, at the University of West London in 2020.
After completing his PhD, Callum worked as head of communications at Momentum before returning to research. He lives in London, and in his spare time he goes on long runs.
Artificial intelligence, platform capitalism, algorithmic management, workers’ inquiry, class composition, trade unions, industrial relations
By James Muldoon, Mark Graham, Callum Cant.
AI is an extraction machine that feeds off humanity's collective effort and intelligence, churning through ever-larger datasets to power its algorithms. This book details what we need to do to fight for a more just digital future.
With Dr Callum Cant, Professor Helmut Krcmar, Prof. Dr. Tim Büthe, Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister, Julian Posada, Dr Charlotte Unruh, and Sana Ahmad
The second in our series of joint webinars on AI & work looks at the concentration of the hidden labour of AI in the Global South From cloudwork to mining.
29 July 2024
Professor Mark Graham highlights the hidden human cost of AI and shares observations from his latest book 'Feeding the Machine: the Hidden Human Labour Powering AI'.
8 June 2022
New Oxford report reveals best and worst practices in UK gig economy.
The Guardian, 07 July 2024
The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive labour, often in terrible conditions, that big tech is using to create artificial intelligence.
The Guardian, 11 August 2023
Work and pensions secretary said working for Deliveroo could be good option for older people, despite low pay and job insecurity
The Guardian, 03 August 2023
Work and pensions secretary said working for Deliveroo could be good option for older people, despite low pay and job insecurity
