AI as an Emancipatory Technology: Smart Hand Tools for Skilled Trade Workers

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dc.contributor.authorCollier, Chelsea
dc.contributor.authorLassiter, Tina
dc.contributor.authorFleischmann, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Sherri R.
dc.contributor.authorLongoria, Raul G.
dc.contributor.authorChinchali, Sandeep
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:50:14Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:50:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2024.778
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.other1861fd63-cd48-4364-94c2-028943fe6b04
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/107164
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectIS for Social Good and Ills: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
dc.subjectai
dc.subjectblockchain
dc.subjectemancipatory technology
dc.subjectskilled trade workers
dc.subjectsmart hand tools
dc.titleAI as an Emancipatory Technology: Smart Hand Tools for Skilled Trade Workers
dc.typeConference Paper
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dcterms.abstractFor skilled trade workers who use tools to do their work, technological innovation has often resulted in subjugation at the hand of their employers. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) introduce the possibility of a new dynamic. While most of the hype around AI has focused on its potential to automate tasks and eliminate jobs, the intersection of AI and data cooperatives could allow for the development of smart hand tools that support and empower, rather than subjugate or replace, skilled trade workers. This paper explores smart hand tools as an emancipatory technology (ET) through interviews with supervisors of skilled trade workers employed by a municipal government. This paper responds to the call for additional research on how AI will influence work and workers and suggests that technology can enable skilled trade workers with new levels of agency.
dcterms.extent10 pages
prism.startingpage6490

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