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.
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.
Explore more books by Pasquale Ruggiero: AI at School, The Power of the Algorithm & The Algorithmic Paycheck.