R.U.R. Rossum’s Universal Robots - Karel Čapek
A stage play about an industrialists attempt to maximise productivity by replacing human workers with artificial ones dubbed `Robots`.
Artificial intelligence, unemployment and universal basic income: another panacea of the owner class - humanaesfera
How can AI concretely change capitalist society? And how can universal basic income be implemented in practice?
The Working Class Should Not Fear Automation; It Should Embrace It
Automation technology has been used by capital to eliminate jobs and used as a threat against workers when demands for higher wages are discussed. But it can also be used by the working class, if done right, to make their lives better and balance the power with capital.
The capitalist use of machinery: Marx versus the objectivists - Raniero Panzieri
Italian Marxist Raniero Panzieri on the capitalist use of technology and machines.
Music is stagnating, are neoliberalism and the gig economy to blame?
Submitted by Soapy on Jul 16 2017 15:55
Progress in music is slowing down, a look at how neoliberalism and developments in music production and distribution may be to blame
Soldering on: report on working in a 3D-printer manufacturing plant in London
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Mar 24 2017 15:39
The first part of the article looks at the current hype around automation and post-industrialism. The second part looks at the concrete conditions in the west London factory, which largely employs female migrant workers.
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