Waiting for Robots: the hired hands of automation (Record no. 62292)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780226820958 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 331.25 CAS |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Casilli, Antonio A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Waiting for Robots: the hired hands of automation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chicago: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | University of Chicago Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2025. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 309 p.: |
| Other physical details | pbk.: |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Index and Notes. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | An essential investigation that pulls back the curtain on automation, like AI, to show human workers’ hidden labor.<br/> <br/>Artificial Intelligence fuels both enthusiasm and panic. Technologists are inclined to give their creations leeway, pretend they’re animated beings, and consider them efficient. As users, we may complain when these technologies don’t obey, or worry about their influence on our choices and our livelihoods. And yet, we also yearn for their convenience, see ourselves reflected in them, and treat them as something entirely new. But when we overestimate the automation of these tools, award-winning author Antonio A. Casilli argues, we fail to recognize how our fellow humans are essential to their efficiency. The danger is not that robots will take our jobs, but that humans will have to do theirs.<br/> <br/>In this bracing and powerful book, Casilli uses up-to-the-minute research to show how today’s technologies, including AI, continue to exploit human labor—even ours. He connects the diverse activities of today’s tech laborers: platform workers, like Uber drivers and Airbnb hosts; “micro workers,” including those performing atomized tasks like data entry on Amazon Mechanical Turk; and the rest of us, as we evaluate text or images to show we’re not robots, react to Facebook posts, or approve or improve the output of generative AI. As Casilli shows us, algorithms, search engines, and voice assistants wouldn’t function without unpaid or underpaid human contributions. Further, he warns that if we fail to recognize this human work, we risk a dark future for all human labor.<br/> <br/>Waiting for Robots urges us to move beyond the simplistic notion that machines are intelligent and autonomous. As the proverbial Godot, robots are the bearers of a messianic promise that is always postponed. Instead of bringing prosperity for all, they discipline the workforce, so we don’t dream of a world without drudgery and exploitation. Casilli’s eye-opening book makes clear that most “automation” requires human labor—and likely always will—shedding new light on today’s consequences and tomorrow’s threats of failing to recognize and compensate the “click workers” of today.<br/><br/>https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo239039613.html |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Labor Economics |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Conditions of Employment |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Pensions; Insurance |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Artificial Intelligence |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Livelihoods |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Automation |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brown, Saskia |
| Relator term | Translator |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 27/03/2025 | Shankar's Book | 2370.78 | 331.25 CAS | 035355 | 27/03/2025 | 1 | 2370.78 | Books |
