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Lavoro e dinamica tecnologica: incubi, illusioni, aspettative

  • Mauro Lombardi
  • Marika Macchi

Our contribution analyzes the effects of technological dynamics on human work in this phase of profound socio-technical transformation. Taking into consideration research concerning the USA, France, Germany and Italy, it is shown how - "having given a language to machines" - the "anthropomorphic” propensity to consider them more intelligent than humans emerge. Given the enormous existing technical-scientific potential, a growing number of research outline a scenario of the replacement of human work by increasingly "intelligent" machines. The innovative acceleration underway is combined with strong socio-economic and cognitive inequalities in globalized production networks. Consequently, an interdependent and globalized world is experiencing an era of uncertainty and anxiety.

  • Keywords:
  • adiacent possible,
  • l’automation anxiety,
  • systems thinking,
  • megatreaths,
  • intelligent machine,
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Mauro Lombardi

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3234-7039

Marika Macchi

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0008-6677-0995

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Chapter Title

Lavoro e dinamica tecnologica: incubi, illusioni, aspettative

Authors

Mauro Lombardi, Marika Macchi

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Italian

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10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.138

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2024

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Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà

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Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli

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