Technological fetishism in platform capitalism

relations and contradictions between technology, AI and Labor Law

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https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v26i2.20834

Abstract

This article investigates technological fetishism in platform capitalism. Inspired by Marxian commodity fetishism, it argues that the system of capital hides social relations under a "technological veil" in a constant attempt to conceal human labor as a vital and crucial source of capital appreciation and support for the entire contemporary economy, without which it collapses. It concludes by affirming the need for a critical conception of technology, algorithms and artificial intelligence, unveiling technoliberal ideologies and propaganda as a form of resistance and expansion of the protection of human labor, the main object of Labor Law.

     

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Fydel Marcus Rolim Mota, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

PhD student and Master in Law at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Researcher member of the Research Groups (GP/UFPE/CNPQ) "Labor Law and Critical Social Theory" (UFPE) and "Trab21" (UFRJ).

   

Carlo Benito Cosentino Filho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

PhD in Labor Law and Critical Social Theory (UFPE). Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Labor Law and Critical Social Theory (UFPE).

     

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Published

2024-09-09

How to Cite

Rolim Mota, F. M., & Cosentino Filho, C. B. (2024). Technological fetishism in platform capitalism: relations and contradictions between technology, AI and Labor Law. Revista Eletrônica Internacional De Economia Política Da Informação, Da Comunicação E Da Cultura, 26(2), 81–108. https://doi.org/10.54786/revistaeptic.v26i2.20834

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue: Artificial intelligence through the lenses of Marxism and critical thinking

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DOSSIÊ TEMÁTICO

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