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ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance

Article Published Year: 2023
Summary:

Digital enforcement of rules intended to combat truck driver fatigue erodes drivers’ autonomy without reducing accidents. Truckers are paid by the mile, creating incentives for overwork.

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Karen Levy

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Margot Kaminski Delves into the Current State of the Law of AI Ethics

Publication Date: July 28, 2023
Colorado law Professor Margot Kaminski discusses the issues surrounding how to regulate and build ethical AI systems. Additionally, she explains some of the risks of regulating AI, and the importance of an individual right to contest AI decisions.
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Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey

Article Published Year: 2022
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A survey of thousands of firms helps economists understand the spread of advanced technologies such as robotics. Advanced technologies are often used for automation, and generally improves productivity.

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Margot Kaminski Delves into the Current State of the Law of AI Ethics

Publication Date: July 28, 2023
Colorado law Professor Margot Kaminski discusses the issues surrounding how to regulate and build ethical AI systems. Additionally, she explains some of the risks of regulating AI, and the importance of an individual right to contest AI decisions.
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The Quantified Worker: Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa’s Research on Workplace Surveillance and Automated Hiring Systems

Publication Date: June 29, 2023
Emory Law Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa discusses her new book, The Quantified Worker, Law and Technology in the Modern Workplace. She explains how the workforce science of today goes far beyond increasing efficiency and threatens to erase individual personhood.
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Recap of the Economics of Robots Conference

Publication Date: May 26, 2023
NYU Professor Rob Seamans and Michael Impink provide key takeaways from this year’s Economics of Robots Conference. Topics discussed include trends on robot adoption, generative AI, and impact of robots on human labor.
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ACADEMIC ARTICLE SUMMARY

How Will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries

Article Published Year: 2023
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Edward Felten

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Summary

A method that assesses which occupations will be most affected by artificial intelligence (AI) predicts that advances such as ChatGPT will have significant effects in education and financial services.

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Language modeling advances will significantly affect occupations such as teaching and telemarketing.

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