Labor, information and communication technology, and living conditions: who/ what is technology for? “New” enterprises and the “old” labor exploitation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0259.2022.e84365Abstract
Recently, business rhetoric about new technologies has emphasized the emergence of the socalled
Industry 4.0 (or Fourth Industrial Revolution). In general, Industry 4.0 is thought to pose great
challenges but offers unprecedented opportunities to the world of work. With the advancement of
robotics, artificial intelligence, and information and communication tools, jobs are at risk, even those not
repetitive. However, according to this narrative, permanent qualification and job flexibility can enable
new and better jobs and business opportunities, ensuring a positive balance for technological changes.
As promised with the 3rd Industrial Revolution in the 1980s-1990s, we now have advertisements for
jobs that are less cumbersome and more creative, emerging less repetitive, more complex activities,
and more power over production for workers.
References
Vitor Araújo Filgueiras (org.). Saúde e segurança do trabalho na construção civil brasileira (Aracaju, J. Andrade, 2015).
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