4 Dystopian Examples of Remote Work
Weird examples of remote work people have been tweeting about recently…
Remote mining machine operatorsCashier at a store in NYC zooming in from the PhilippinesRemote security woman in South AmericaDentist’s receptionist on video from the PhilippinesBrett Goldstein writes that this feels dystopian…
We’re monetizing human interaction by having customers tip workers making the equivalent of $3/hr across the world just for taking an order. It displaces local jobs and feels like outdated labor arbitrage run amok in the digital age.
Taking it further…
Today, this is a Filipino woman behind a screen, controlling a POS system — but it’s not crazy to believe that probably in the next six to twelve months, this could be an AI avatar doing all the same things.
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