Alex A. Ahmed
ABSTRACT
This submission is intended to start a critical conversation about the ”Future of Work.” I expose the ideological commitments of major funders of research into this area, such as the NSF and private think tanks, because they shape narratives on work and worker organizing as well as the course of technology development more broadly. In the research itself, workers may be invited to participate in computing research, but they seldom determine the goals of projects nor do they own the results. Ultimately, while government agencies and nonprofit organizations claim to seek improved conditions for workers, the knowledge and technologies produced through this research serve primarily to undermine the power of working class people and their unions.
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