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by UnspunThread 222 days ago
The core shift isn’t just automation, it’s the transfer of decision-making power from labor to the platform. When the algorithm becomes the supervisor, the worker is no longer negotiating with a human institution, they are negotiating with an opaque optimization function.

This is why many gig workers describe the job not as “work” but as a kind of ongoing test they can never see the scoring rules for.

The result isn’t just efficiency. It’s dependency.

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You probably meant to post this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45795413