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Even for very low-paid labour labelled as "low skilled", there are tons of intricate judgements call. I've read sociology articles on this matter, for instance
by wazoox 8y ago
Even for very low-paid labour labelled as "low skilled", there are tons of intricate judgements call. I've read sociology articles on this matter, for instance a woman working in a factory at arranging cakes in boxes. She explained all of the small evaluations, complex decisions she had to make at the quick pace of the factory chain, like how to dispose different cakes to maximize box fill, of get sure that all cakes are properly seated and won't move in transport, etc. She deemed herself "unskilled", however at the same time concluded that it took her many months to master the skill of arranging cakes in boxes.
Ditto for mailmen: now they're using a program call "GeoPost" to "optimize routes"; actually the program is unable to account for myriads of things that an actual, human postman must take into account, for instance the postman is supposed to deliver mail on the even side of the street first, than on the odd side on his return trip an hour later, according to the software. That works well for wide avenues, but in small residential areas people will get out of their house and call the postman if he delivers mail for the opposite-side neighbour but not them. Silly human, with their feelings :)
In fact the craze for AI reminds me so much (once again) of good ol' grandpa Marx. As competition rages and given the tendency of profit to fall, companies try to get rid of living labour and replace it with "dead labour" (machine labour). But once again it meets the wall of value, which only comes from living labour. This all adds up perfectly.