Weird examples of remote work people have been tweeting about recently…
- Remote mining machine operators
- Cashier at a store in NYC zooming in from the Philippines
- Remote security woman in South America
- Dentist’s receptionist on video from the Philippines
Brett Goldstein writes that this feels dystopian…
We’re monetizing human interaction by having customers tip workers making the equivalent of $3/hr across the world just for taking an order. It displaces local jobs and feels like outdated labor arbitrage run amok in the digital age.
Taking it further…
Today, this is a Filipino woman behind a screen, controlling a POS system — but it’s not crazy to believe that probably in the next six to twelve months, this could be an AI avatar doing all the same things.
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