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Victor Figueroa

Victor Figueroa

DOES THE DATA REVOLUTION MEAN WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE MARKET ECONOMY?

There is an argument that the problem of privately-controlled data in a market economy is actually impossible to resolve. Or that even if…

Oct 9, 2018

Oct 9, 2018

Victor Figueroa

Using AI to Help Fight for Workers’ Rights

For the last 40 years trade unions across much of the world have been on the back foot. Neoliberal policies have shrunk the state, reduced…

Sep 6, 2018

Using AI to Help Fight for Workers’ Rights

Sep 6, 2018

Victor Figueroa

Data and its impacts on workers and citizens

Much of the discussion around new technology focuses around things like industrial and auxiliary robots, remotely-operated machinery, and…

Aug 29, 2018

Aug 29, 2018

Victor Figueroa

Why the Dominant Story around Technology Distorts the Truth

The most familiar element of the dominant story about the future is that of impending job losses. The stories dealing with new technology…

Aug 3, 2018

Aug 3, 2018

Victor Figueroa

Thinking about the Future: Technology, International Politics and Workers

What kind of life will you be leading in 20 years’ time? What forces — what social, economic, political, technological forces — will have…

Aug 2, 2018

Aug 2, 2018

Victor Figueroa

How can workers use tech to defend their rights?

New technology, from wearables to AI, all have the potential to massively multiply the already overwhelming power of employers in the…

Aug 1, 2018

Aug 1, 2018

Victor Figueroa

Victor Figueroa

Lead researcher on new tech and the future of work at the International Transport Workers' Federation. Views my own etc.

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