Your Likeness Is a Commodity

I was applying to an AI-training contract role today — decent listing, $30–60/hr, remote, security analyst work.

Before clicking accept on the terms, I had my AI read the agreement. Here is what was in it:

**"You hereby grant us an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable through multiple tiers, perpetual right to use, reuse, modify, display, publish and disseminate the Interview and your name, audio, photographic, video, and other likeness of you... for any purpose."**

And later in the same document:

**"Alignerr has no obligation... to admit you to the Alignerr Community, to hire you or to otherwise engage your services."**

Translation: sit for the AI video interview → they own your face, voice, and likeness forever → they may never hire you → either way the recording is theirs to use, sublicense, and train future AI on.

This has similar vibes to the google/Facebook data siphoning.

Remember you and your likeness are valuable to these companies. That is why they are asking for them. Slow down. Be aware. Be picky.

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