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Human-in-the-loop annotation, including under ethical labor models, imposes financial and time costs large enough to slow the pace at which AI models can be upgraded.

The reliance on human annotators, even with companies striving for ethical labor practices like CloudFactory, involves significant costs, both financial and in terms of time, which can slow down the pace of AI model upgrades.

Wulf A. Kaal, Artificial Intelligence The Final Frontier (2025), 4.2. Practical Shortcomings, p. 13
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• pipelines that depend on human annotators

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