Waiting for robots : the hired hands of automation

Casilli, Antonio A., 1972- author.

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"Artificial Intelligence fuels both panic and enthusiasm. Technologists are inclined to give their creations leeway, pretend they're animated beings, and consider them efficient. Users complain when these technologies don't obey; we worry about their influence on our choices and our livelihoods; and we yearn for their convenience. We see ourselves reflected in them, and we treat them as something entirely new. However unwillingly, when we overest...

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Automation Social aspects

Information society

Labor supply Effect of automation on

Labor supply Effect of technological innovations on

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France Chicago collection

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ISBN:

9780226820958

Description:

xvi, 309 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

En attendant les robots. English (Brown)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-290) and index
Text in English translated from the French

Contents:

Introduction
What automation?. Will humans replace robots? ; What's in a digital platform?
Three types of digital labor. On-demand digital labor ; Microwork ; Social media labor
The horizons of digital labor. Work outside work ; How do we classify digital labor? ; Subjectivity at work, globalization, and automation
Conclusion. What is to be done?

LCCN:

2024017903

Control Number:

3370104

Other Authors:

Brown, Saskia, translator
Roberts, Sarah T. (Professor of information studies), writer of foreword

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