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The Rise of AI Book Ripoffs

The 404 Media Podcast

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Surveillance in the Factory: Monitoring Workers with AI

This chapter critiques a startup's AI performance monitoring system designed for factory workers, emphasizing its dehumanizing effects. Through humor and analysis, the conversation explores the impact of modern workplace monitoring and the normalization of treating employees as mere numbers. It also discusses the backlash against Y Combinator following a controversial promotional video, raising questions about the future of such surveillance technologies in the wake of public outcry.

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