How does autonomous driving become effortless? Through the poorly paid efforts of a global pool of gig workers from Kenya to Venezuela.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ As the race to develop self-driving cars heated up, companies needed vast datasets to train them on. So they turned to workers in the Global South, who are paid as little as $1 an hour to label photos and videos.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Click the link in our bio to read the full story. Animation by @scott_gelber for @restofworld.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #autonomousdriving #selfdrivingcars #kenya #venezuela #cars #datasets #globalsouth #tech #kenyatech #venezuelatech