This book is edited by M. Garcia-Murillo, I. MacInnes and A. Renda. It is published by ElgarONline at the beginning of 2024.
The book has 18 chapters, organised into 3 parts. An introduction by the editors provides a good overview of AI, its historical development and its implications to human labour.
The first part has 4 chapters on the theme of 'conceptualising the human with the machine'. The main discussion in this section is on the interrelationships and interactions between humans and machine with a strong message about the importance of aligning machine potential and human values.
The second part has 10 chapters, each providing a case study or a specialised application of AI into work. Industries include agriculture, manufacturing, construction and civil engineering, home-based care of the aged, professional learning, entrepreneurial finance, creative industries, judicial systems, national security and governance and policy making.
The last section has 3 chapters discussing ' the labour implications of AI at work'.
All in, a good overview of how AI impacts on work, the 'guardrails' that need to be in place to ensure ethical integration of AI into work, and examples of the reach of AI across industries.
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