Hello and welcome to ETIWI podcast, Voices on the World of Work.

I'm your host, Bianca Luna Fabrice, and in this episode we will be hearing all about AI and the

world of work.

This episode stems from a very recent transfer special issue on this theme that our guest

have coordinated.

Thank you so much to Virginia Dolgast, Professor of Comparative

Employment Relations at Cornell University and Valedo de Stefano, Canada, research share in

innovation law and society at Usgood Hall-Oskud York University, Toronto, for being with us and with me

today. Let's just ease into the episode with a very simple and easy question, if that's okay.

And maybe Valeria, we could start with you.

So AI in the world of work, why is it such a topical issue at the minute?

And perhaps also you could give us a few examples.

Of course.

So AI, automated decision making algorithmic management

are extremely topical at the moment. And they have been for a while. Let's say that for a while

we have focused on how many jobs were at risk for automation, AI, algorithmic decision-making,

introducing our workplace. And this is something that our issue also marginally deals with.

But one of the important focuses of our issues is how artificial intelligence, algorithmic

decision-making impacts on the quality of work.

Because the systems that we are focusing on are increasingly used, if at all, to automate the job of managers,

the job of bosses in the sense that many activity that traditionally were executed by bosses or supervisors

are now increasingly being outsourced to machines.

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