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I hope that this newsletter finds you well. Today I am sending you four YouTube videos that provide some insight into the current state of the world of work.
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The AI factory: the rewiring of India’s tech industry (FT Film)
This FT film showcases how so-called Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world of work on the Indian subcontinent. It follows workers at the bottom end of the automation pipeline who wear GoPros and Meta glasses to train the very technologies so that robots can eventually perform more complex tasks. With 1.5 billion persons India is already the number 1 in the data annotation industry and is becoming a supercharged as these technologies become more widespread. One of the important insights is that the better defined a job is, the easier it is to automate it. However India’s tech specialisation is also its achilles heel, potentially leading to jobs being substituted by AI. Will India adapt to the new technologies or will it lose its pole position?
What do you think about this film? Do you think these new technologies will create more jobs or destroy jobs in India’s tech sector?
The hidden cost of Australia’s most ‘glamorous’ six-figure gig
This short documentary follows mine workers in Australia’s Hydro project FIFO. They work 12 hour shifts for two weeks and then have one week off. These fly in/fly out workers might have a large pay packet but being separated from their families, having no possibility to spend time alone results in high levels addiction and mental health issues amongst others. The film reveals that a breadwinning job might not necessarily be a family-sustaining job.
What do you think about this film? Would you take such a job?
Invisible work in the Netherlands
There are more than 220, 000 undocumented immigrant workers in the Netherlands. Most of these are women who work in other persons’ households as childcare, elderly care or domestic workers. The documentary follows women who don’t have access to bank accounts and live hand to mouth from their work of caring for others. Most recently, the Dutch government has sought to criminalise these workerss as part of the larger attack on immigrant rights in Europe. Meanwhile, the Spanish government has launched its biggest regularisation programme to date.
The documentary is available in German and French but you can select English subtitles by clicking on the little wheel.
Why are fewer workers quitting their jobs
A few years ago everyone was talking about the ‘great resignation’ during the Covid-19 crisis. Today people are less likely to quit their jobs. This debate between Anthony Klotz, a professor of organisational behaviour at University College London and the Financial Times Sarah O’Connor is revealing about how the advent of AI and its marketing have disempowered workers in recent months.
Why do you think people are staying in their jobs?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Hugs,
Mark
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