03005nam 2200733u 450 991097208200332120241220165047.097817891431711789143179(CKB)4100000011516780(MiAaPQ)EBC6376474(Perlego)2094708(NYHLS)64613(EXLCZ)99410000001151678020210824d2020|||| m|| engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSmart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation[Place of publication not identified], Reaktion Books,2020.1 online resource (160 pages)Field notesArchived and cataloged by Library Stack9781789143188 1789143187 Includes bibliographical references."In recent decades digital devices have reshaped daily life, while tech companies' stock prices have thrust them to the forefront of the business world. In this rapid, global development, the promise of a new machine age has been accompanied by worries about accelerated joblessness thanks to new forms of automation. Jason E. Smith looks behind the techno-hype to lay out the realities of a period of economic slowdown and expanding debt: low growth rates and an increase of labour-intensive jobs at the bottom of the service sector. He shows how increasing inequality and poor working conditions have led to new forms of workers' struggles. Ours is less an age of automation, Smith contends, than one in which stagnation is intertwined with class conflict."--provided by distributor.Field notes (London, England)AutomationComputational intelligenceEconomicsHistorical materialismUser interfaces (Computer systems)Automationfast(OCoLC)fst00822786Computationfast(OCoLC)fst00871995Economicsfast(OCoLC)fst00902116Historical materialismfast(OCoLC)fst00958141User Interfacesfast(OCoLC)fst01163191Discursive worksEssaysCritical Writing.fastEssay.fastAutomation.Computational intelligence.Economics.Historical materialism.User interfaces (Computer systems)Automation.Computation.Economics.Historical materialism.User Interfaces.301.24Smith Jason E.1648491Library Stack (Organization),NYHLSNYHLSNYHLSBOOK9910972082003321Smart machines and service work3996642UNINA