Abstract:
The aim of this article is to answer the questions inherent to the future of
work from the perspective of technological transformation, with the use of
robotics, algorithmic intelligence, social media, and the evolution of business
models. The study is based on a mid-2000s analysis, carried out during a
second computer revolution, in which the rise of the digital economy was
observed, with an increase in the outsourcing process and the contingency
of contemporary patterns of work and production organization. We start by
analysing platform work, on the premise that this phenomenon is distinct
from that of Digital Industry 4.0 as it concerns the implementation of intense
processes of production of goods and services fully outsourced from any
traditional production site. Thus, the article aims to analyze this new evolution
of production in the latest algorithmic digital age, by studying its functioning
and impact on work, wages, and society. The theoretical perspective is to use a
renewed analysis of this production dimension.
