We Are Not Machines
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We Are Not Machines
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Description
"Original and enlightening....the kind of writing that AI will never replace."--The Times
Automation was promised to free us from drudgery. Instead, it is turning creative and essential work into dehumanizing labor. In this deeply reported investigation, award-winning Financial Times journalist Sarah O'Connor exposes how AI and robotics are reshaping the modern workplace. Traveling from Amazon warehouses and long-haul trucking routes to Orwellian corporate offices using AI hiring algorithms, O'Connor documents a disturbing reality: workers aren't being liberated by machines--they are being paced, monitored, and crunched by them. As O'Connor asks: "We think we're robotizing our work, but what if we're actually robotizing ourselves?" Drawing lines of descent from nineteenth-century English cotton mills to twenty-first-century Swedish mines, O'Connor shows that our struggle against algorithmic management is not new. Inspiring and urgent, this book charts a vital path forward to reclaim work that respects human limits and honors the capacity of the human mind.Book Details
- ISBN
- 9781567928365
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Authors
- Sarah O'Connor
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publisher
- Published Date
- August 11, 2026
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 248
- Physical Info
- 1.2 in H x 8.6 in L x 5.6 in W (1.0 lb)
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