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In a kind of counter intuitive argument in this article in The Wall Street Journal , Uber drivers may now have to battle with the fact that no human is actually telling them what to do. Most of the tasks are now being automated. The study by Researchers at the Data and Society research institute at New York University point out that Uber uses software to exert similar control over workers that a human manager would.
The world looks more and more like the Manna short story, where every aspect of our employee life is used to classify our performance. Another interesting discussion point: Is the middle manager role disappearing?
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The meek shall inherit the earth -- they are too weak to refuse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:37PM
The Hong Kong subway has been using something similar to schedule repair crews and downtime.
If your performance is truly easy to measure, then it's probably also likely to be automated away. The more measurable it is, the quicker AI can learn it. Humans should be dealing with the edge cases (exceptions to rule/pattern) that require flexibility, negotiation, and practical judgement; and those are harder to measure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 05 2015, @05:46PM
The problem is, without experience with the normal case you'll not be able to handle the edge case; indeed you might not even recognize it.