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Jason Ludwig is an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work examines histories of race, computing, and politics […]
Increasingly, companies are implementing new worker selection procedures at every stage of recruitment and employment, often in ways that can reinforce pre-existing disparities in the job market. But employers and […]
Margaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. “I started having regular breakdowns,” says Mitchell, who founded and co-led the company’s […]
By Melissa HeikkiläPrevious work by PAI’s AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative highlighted the need to better understand AI’s impacts on job quality, including by learning from the workers who experience these impacts […]
By Stephanie BellWe are currently in an unprecedented moment for tech workers. From refusing to build AI-enabled weapons, to pushing back against providing tech to ICE, to mass protests against harassment and […]
By AI Now InstituteTechnology, particularly tech built and marketed by dominant, profit-driven companies, promises accountability at its core—that the more technological solutions there are, the more people, governments, and organizations will be accountable […]
Xiaowei R. Wang is an artist, writer, organizer, and coder. Their work centers community driven tech and the importance of care in organizing for a more just future. Their collaborative […]
Fascist fashion items can help promote and provide funds for extremist groups. In some instances, it appears, their sale relies upon key services provided by prominent businesses that have policies […]
By Foeke PostmaAutomation, Labour Migration, Reproduction Platform Mobilities explores the transformation of labour and reproduction, infrastructures and landscapes, mobility and migration under conditions of automation. The conference marks the final step of […]
When the job of a young east coast-based analyst – we’ll call him James – went remote with the pandemic, he didn’t envisage any problems. The company, a large US […]
By Zoë CornIn this essay, Bulut examines the experinces of gig-workers in Turkey during the pandemic.