Labor, information and communication technology, and living conditions: who/ what is technology for? “New” enterprises and the “old” labor exploitation

• Autor(a) principal: Filgueiras, Vitor Araújo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Katálysis (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/84365

Recently, business rhetoric about new technologies has emphasized the emergence of the socalledIndustry 4.0 (or Fourth Industrial Revolution). In general, Industry 4.0 is thought to pose greatchallenges but offers unprecedented opportunities to the world of work. With the advancement ofrobotics, artificial intelligence, and information and communication tools, jobs are at risk, even those notrepetitive. However, according to this narrative, permanent qualification and job flexibility can enablenew and better jobs and business opportunities, ensuring a positive balance for technological changes.As promised with the 3rd Industrial Revolution in the 1980s-1990s, we now have advertisements forjobs that are less cumbersome and more creative, emerging less repetitive, more complex activities,and more power over production for workers.