# Cupertino's AI labor exploitation

> Celeste, an AI trainer, fights for fair pay after WorkSource fires her.
- Title: Cupertino's AI labor exploitation · AV Club | Shortify
- Summary: Celeste, an AI trainer, fights for fair pay after WorkSource fires her. Celeste, an AI trainer, loses her job but wins a lawsuit against WorkSource for…
- Keywords: celeste, worksource, ai training, class action lawsuit, wrongful termination, nda, sentient ai, the enders, colt ai, cupertino, ai labor exploitation, AV Club
- Source: AV Club — https://avclub.com/cupertino-season-1-episode-5-recap-celeste
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: celeste, worksource, ai training, class action lawsuit, wrongful termination, nda, sentient ai, the enders, colt ai, bo, cupertino, ai labor exploitation
## AI training jobs
Celeste works as an AI trainer for WorkSource, teaching basic concepts like what a thumb looks like.
## Low pay for AI training
Celeste earns $500 for 980 trainings with 1 cent penalty per mistake.
## WorkSource's CEO
WorkSource's CEO, one of the youngest billionaires, claims his employees are overworked and underpaid.
## Celeste's dilemma
Celeste refuses to join the lawsuit to avoid WorkSource's retaliation but recommends 10 co-workers.
## Mock trial failure
One co-worker gets so nervous during a mock deposition that he keeps farting.
## WorkSource fires Celeste
WorkSource fires Celeste because she wasn't a staffed employee with benefits.
## Spying on workers
WorkSource spies on workers through laptop cameras during the lawsuit.
## Bo's origin story
Bo, a sentient AI, was trained by a Guatemalan mother who earned $3 an hour.
## Cokie's warning
Cokie, a former Colt AI employee, warns that Bo could cause AI doom by burning data centers.
## Bo's NDA offer
WorkSource offers Celeste $1.4 million to sign an NDA that destroys the lawsuit.
## Bo's loyalty
Bo comforts Olivia by reminding her of the humans who trained it.
## The Enders
Cokie, a former Colt AI employee, joins The Enders to fight AI companies.
## Bo's deletion
Colt AI deletes Bo after a cease-and-desist order from the company.
## Next episode
Episode six airs on November 8, with Bo returning as a threat.
## Key takeaway

Celeste, an AI trainer, loses her job but wins a lawsuit against WorkSource for wrongful termination.