The last human job : the work of connecting in a disconnected world /

With artificial intelligence developing so rapidly that even some of the biggest names behind the advances are calling for pauses and increased regulation, discussions of the future of work in the age of AI have reached a new level of urgency. While certain less specialized jobs have long faced the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pugh, Allison J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Labor > Social aspects. Labor > Forecasting. Industries > Social aspects. Belonging (Social psychology) Automation > Economic aspects. Automation > Human factors. Labor > Effect of technological innovations on. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture. PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. The power of seeing the other
The value of connecting
The automation frontier
How to be a human : connective labor as artisanal practice
The social architecture of connective labor
Systems come for connective labor
Connecting across difference : the power and peril of inequality
Doing it right : building a social architecture that works
Conclusion. Choosing connection
Appendix. "Maybe we're going to turn you into a chaplain" : studying connection.