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and is open source (so its transparent).

the easier it is for workers rights to be eroded in the economy of clicks.This is an event in which scale matters: the more of the labour force that is shifted to and splintered across microtasking platforms with terms and conditions.

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We should all be worriedIndustry 4.The result is economic inequality more akin to the 19th century than our vision for the 21st.the human partner is one or more invisible microtask workers being paid tiny amounts to label images.

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SEE: Managers arent worried about keeping their IT workers happy.

although with the caveat suggested by Madeleine Claire Elish in her paper Moral Crumple Zones that the human partner will be the one that gets the blame when things go wrong.What are the best Prime Day deals?Seriously.

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