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When an Algorithm is Your Boss

IRL: Online Life Is Real Life by Mozilla

Aug 1, 202200:20:23Technology

Gig workers around the world report directly to algorithms in precarious jobs created by secretive corporations. We take you to the streets of Quito, Ecuador where delivery workers are protesting against artificial intel...

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When an Algorithm is Your Boss is an episode from IRL: Online Life Is Real Life by Mozilla. Gig workers around the world report directly to algorithms in precarious jobs created by secretive corporations. We take you to the streets of Quito...

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