# kaal:claim:4755632-009

**Claim.** Existing centralized micro task marketplaces cannot adequately fulfill the growing demand for high quality labeled AI training data, because their cost structure requires intermediation, which produces significant overpricing without any of that price reaching the micro task workers.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to centralized micro task marketplaces that necessitate intermediation

**Source quote.**

> the cost structure for micro task work in centralized systems that necessitate intermediation results in significant overpricing without benefiting the micro task workers directly.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning* (2024), Lack of Scaling Solutions in Centralized Micro Task Market: Overpricing, page 21

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4755632

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**Failure mode.** Intermediation Overpricing  (family: valuation-and-pricing-failure)

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** intermediation-cost, overpricing, centralized-platforms, micro-task-work, worker-compensation

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-006
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-005

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