Freedom at Work: Understanding, Alienation, and AI-Driven Workplace

In this session we will be hosting a discussion on Prof Vrendenburgh's paper 'Freedom at Work: Understanding, Alienation, and AI-Driven Workplace'.

Abstract: This paper explores the neglected normative dimension of algorithmic opacity' in the workplace and the labor market. It argues that explanations of algorithms and algorithmic decisions are of non-instrumental value. That is because explanations of the structure and function of parts of the social world form the basis for reflective clarification of our practical orientation toward the institutions that play a central role in our life. Using this account of the noninstrumental value of explanations, the paper diagnoses distinctive normative defects in the workplace and economic institutions which a reliance on AI can encourage, and which lead to alienation. 

This event will take place in a hybrid format. There is no need to register to attend in person. If you would like to attend online, you are welcome to join our mailing lists by sending a blank e-mail to future-of-tech-and-society-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk and a ai.work@law.ox.ac.uk