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Cleaning up data work: Negotiating meaning, morality, and inequality in a tech startup by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…Data work—the routinized, information-processing operations that support artificial intelligence systems—has been portrayed as a source of both economic…”
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Making platforms work: relationship labor and the management of publics by Shestakofsky, Benjamin, Kelkar, Shreeharsh

“…How do digital platforms govern their users? Existing studies, with their focus on impersonal and procedural modes of governance, have largely neglected to…”
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Relationships That Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations by Narayan, Devika, Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…The past decade has witnessed a surge of interest in how AI will transform work and organizations, presenting scholars with the difficult task of studying…”
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Toward a Sociology of Artificial Intelligence: A Call for Research on Inequalities and Structural Change by Joyce, Kelly, Smith-Doerr, Laurel, Alegria, Sharla, Bell, Susan, Cruz, Taylor, Hoffman, Steve G., Noble, Safiya Umoja, Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…This article outlines a research agenda for a sociology of artificial intelligence (AI). The authors review two areas in which sociological theories and…”
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Working Algorithms: Software Automation and the Future of Work by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…While some argue that the rise of software automation threatens workers with obsolescence, others assert that new complementarities between humans and software…”
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Five Big Ideas About AI by Hoffman, Steve G., Joyce, Kelly, Alegria, Sharla, Bell, Susan E., Cruz, Taylor M., Noble, Safiya Umoja, Shestakofsky, Benjamin, Smith-Doerr, Laurel

“…Massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI) have sparked a renewed debate over its impact on how we live, learn, and work. The last few years have also…”
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The labor of assetization: producing ‘hypergrowth’ inside a tech startup by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…Abstract Venture capitalists maximize profits not by ‘squeezing’ efficiencies out of established companies, but instead by promoting ceaseless experimentation…”
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Snyder, Benjamin H.The Disrupted Workplace: Time and the Moral Order of Flexible Capitalism2016Oxford University Press264 pp. £64.00 (hardback) £18.99 (paperback) by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

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Structures of Capital and Sociotechnical Change: The Case of Tech Startups and Venture Capital by Shestakofsky, Benjamin, Petre, Caitlin

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MORE MACHINERY, LESS LABOR? by SHESTAKOFSKY, BENJAMIN

“…Jobs and Technological Change in the 19th and 21st Centuries…”
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More Machinery, Less Labor? by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…Recent years have brought a resurgence of interest in how the rapid evolution of computer technologies is affecting work. Some have examined how smart machines…”
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Living Theory: Principles and Practices for Teaching Social Theory Ethnographically by Herring, Chris, Rosaldo, Manuel, Seim, Josh, Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…This article details the principles and practices animating an "ethnographic" method of teaching social theory. As opposed to the traditional "survey" approach…”
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Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

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Book Review: Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass. By Mary L. Gray and Siddharth Suri by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

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Working Algorithms: Software Automation and the Future of Work by Shestakofsky, Benjamin J

“…While some argue that the rise of software automation threatens workers with obsolescence, others assert that new complementarities between humans and software…”
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Rationalizing Judgment Day: A Content Analysis of Harold Camping's "Open Forum" Program by Sarno, Charles, Shestakofsky, Benjamin, Shoemaker, Helen, Aponte, Rebecca

“…This study presents a content analysis of Harold Camping's Open Forum radio program in the three weeks immediately following his failed prediction that May 21,…”
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The Human Factor in AI Red Teaming: Perspectives from Social and Collaborative Computing by Zhang, Alice Qian, Shaw, Ryland, Anthis, Jacy Reese, Milton, Ashlee, Tseng, Emily, Suh, Jina, Ahmad, Lama, Kumar, Ram Shankar Siva, Posada, Julian, Shestakofsky, Benjamin, Roberts, Sarah T, Gray, Mary L

“…Rapid progress in general-purpose AI has sparked significant interest in "red teaming," a practice of adversarial testing originating in military and…”
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Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

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Snyder, Benjamin H. The Disrupted Workplace: Time and the Moral Order of Flexible Capitalism 2016 Oxford University Press 264 pp. £64.00 (hardback) £18.99 (paperback) by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

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The Disrupted Workplace: Time and the Moral Order of Flexible Capitalism - By Benjamin H. Snyder by Shestakofsky, Benjamin

“…Snyder, Benjamin H. The Disrupted Workplace: Time and the Moral Order of Flexible Capitalism 2016 Oxford University Press 264 pp. £64.00 (hardback) £18.99…”
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