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Essay · Work & society

The Age of the Algorithm

Labor Policies, Unemployment, and Universal Income in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

A critical map of work in the AI economy: automation, inequality, welfare and universal basic income.

English edition Work & society

The book

A guide to understanding change

The book examines how artificial intelligence is transforming work and connects automation with structural unemployment, professional polarization, and new forms of inequality. Its analysis leads to welfare policy and universal basic income, asking how institutions can govern the algorithmic economy.

For the broader relationship between AI, information and democratic life, continue with The Power of the Algorithm: The Invisible Revolution of Artificial Intelligence by Pasquale Ruggiero.

Beyond economic change, technological progress raises questions about the human awareness that guides it. Continue with Pasquale Ruggiero’s reflection on consciousness and scientific knowledge in Science & Consciousness.

Pasquale Ruggiero

The author

Pasquale Ruggiero

Pasquale Ruggiero, a contemporary essayist and author, has for years focused on the critical analysis of the technological, cultural, and social transformations associated with the development of Artificial Intelligence and algorithmic systems. His research and writing lie at the intersection of philosophical inquiry, socioeconomic analysis, and public ethics, with particular attention to their effects on work, education, individual freedom, and human identity in the digital society.

Bibliographic note: some earlier English-language editions and bibliographic records list the publishing name Patt Rogger, previously used by Pasquale Ruggiero.

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