The Time Politics of Home-Based Digital Piecework

Dubal, Veena

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“…Na podobnej zasadzie 1 O "niewidocznej pracy" w tym kontekście pisali m.in. Miriam Cherry (2016), Valerio De Stefano (2016 i Veena Dubal (2020). W literaturze przedmiotu mowa jest również o tzw.…”

Section: "Sztuczna Sztuczna Inteligencja"unclassified

Niewidzialni pracownicy, czyli kto stoi za sztuczną inteligencją

Potocka-Sionek

2022

Studia Z Zakresu Prawa Pracy I Polityki Społecznej

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Invisible workers—who is behind the artificial intelligence? The article is dedicated to microworkers—highly precarious, often “invisible”workers whose labour is pivotal for the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It examines how crowdwork platforms such as Amazon Mechanical Turk, Appen and Clickworker organise the work of globally dispersed workers annotating data. It argues that, more often than not, this kind of work is performed in a highly structured, yet intransparent way, and is subject to substantial algorithmic control. This gives rise to the question of the employment classification of formally independent microworkers. The paper discusses this issue in light of the proposed Directive on the improved working conditions of platform workers.

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Niewidzialni pracownicy, czyli kto stoi za sztuczną inteligencją

Potocka-Sionek

2022

Studia Z Zakresu Prawa Pracy I Polityki Społecznej

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“…Por exemplo, Dubal (2020) sustenta que as plataformas adotam o modelo do salário por peça no padrão digital ("digital piecework"), com o mesmo discurso de liberdade e meio de obtenção de renda complementar do antigo trabalho domiciliar de facção do século XIX. Castro (2020) afirma que a Uber adota o modelo de salário por peça, precisamente por "unidade de obra" e que a externalização dos ativos (ou instrumentos) de trabalho é mais um expediente de redução de custos e precarização, porque fomenta uma confusão conceitual entre instrumento de trabalho e meio de produção, além de implicar redução de despesas com capital fixo e atribuí-las formalmente aos trabalhadores.…”

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Plataformas digitais e regulação trabalhista: precificação e controle do trabalhador neste novo modelo empresarial

Oliveira

2022

R. Fac. Dir. UFG

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Este texto discute a regulação do trabalho em plataformas digitais, a partir do resgate da ideia dependência econômica expressada pela precificação praticada. Inicia refletindo sobre tecnologia, a concepção da natureza cultural desta, as questões contemporâneas dos algoritmos e a produção massiva de dados. Adiante, investiga os caracteres e tipologias das plataformas digitais de trabalho como o novo modelo tecnológico de organização do trabalho em ascensão, ressaltando o contraste entre a sua eficiência econômica e a precariedade das condições concretas de trabalho daqueles sujeitos classificados como parceiros autônomos. Em seguida, demonstra-se a aplicabilidade da regulação do Direito do Trabalho para plataformas digitais classificadas como dirigentes, especificamente pela retomada do critério da dependência econômica mediante o método da precificação, inclusive percorrendo as críticas a tal conceito e seu uso em algumas decisões judiciais. Durante todo o texto, os exemplos dados estão ancorados a partir da empresa Uber, como estudo de caso concreto. Valendo-se do método dialético e de uma abordagem transdisciplinar de caráter sociojurídica-crítica, foram manejadas técnicas de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental sobre julgados. Nas conclusões, apresenta-se uma reflexão crítica sobre as questões semânticas e seus usos ideológicos, indicando a necessidade urgente de regulação do trabalho em plataformas digitais.

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“…Then, they describe how Amazon processes this data. At this level, the authors acknowledge both the labour of engineers and technicians in maintaining these infrastructures and the unrecognized, low-paid, or even unpaid labour of "digital pieceworkers" (Dubal 2020) that supervise, correct, and even impersonate the AI system when required (Tubaro, Casilli, and Coville 2020) through "crowdsourcing. "…”

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“…The platformization of labour allows firms to reduce production costs by externalizing-and outsourcing-jobs outside of their scope to "independent contractors" (Prassl 2018: 79). For instance, in the case of "digital piecework" platforms, where unrecognized and invisibilized workers provide data and serve as supervisors for machine learning technologies (Dubal 2020), the platforms allow algorithms to serve as managers (Mateescu and Nguyen 2019), and to surveil and "datafy" (or harness as data) the behaviour of workers (Casilli and Posada 2019).…”

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The Future of Work Is Here: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Artificial Intelligence and Labour

Posada

2020

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This commentary traces contemporary discourses on the relationship between artificial intelligence and labour and explains why these principles must be comprehensive in their approach to labour and AI. First, the commentary asserts that ethical frameworks in AI alone are not enough to guarantee workers' rights since they lack enforcement mechanisms and the representation of different stakeholders. Secondly, it argues that current discussions on AI and labour focus on the deployment of these technologies in the workplace but ignore the essential role of human labour in their development, particularly in the different cases of outsourced labour around the world. Finally, the commentary recommends using existing human rights frameworks for working conditions to provide more comprehensive ethical principles and regulations. The commentary concludes by arguing that the central question regarding the future of work should not be whether intelligent machines will replace humans, but who will own these systems and have a say in their development and operation.

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The Time Politics of Home-Based Digital Piecework

Cited by 13 publications

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Niewidzialni pracownicy, czyli kto stoi za sztuczną inteligencją

Niewidzialni pracownicy, czyli kto stoi za sztuczną inteligencją

Plataformas digitais e regulação trabalhista: precificação e controle do trabalhador neste novo modelo empresarial

The Future of Work Is Here: Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Artificial Intelligence and Labour

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