Interview: Image Analyzer's artificial intelligence is saving workers from PTSD

Data creation has exploded in the 21st century. There's a camera and recording device in every pocket, which that makes it increasingly difficult for human moderators to stay on top of the explosion in user-generated content - especially when some people purposefully post illegal or harmful images and video. "When we consider that it's been estimated that it would take someone 950 years to check all of the Snaps uploaded to SnapChat every 24 hours, it's obvious that companies cannot moderate this volume of images using human power alone," says Cris Pikes, CEO and co-founder of Image Analyzer. Even massive social media firms like Facebook, which outsource content moderation, struggle to keep up with the growth in harmful, extremist and false content. It has reached the point that the individuals who work in moderation are starting to sue for burn-out, and even post-traumatic stress.