Netflix’s ‘The Circle’ Gets One Key Thing Right About A.I.

Behind every A.I. lurks human labor

Dave Gershgorn
Jan 27 · 3 min read
Image: Netflix

Netflix’s The Circle largely imagines a world that already exists, where people sit in their rooms and judge each other on social media.

But part of the show’s novelty comes in the form of an app called the Circle, a “voice-activated” social media platform displayed on TVs around…

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Dave Gershgorn

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Writing on AI at OneZero. Previously Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.

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