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The Political Economy of Robots

Part of the International Political Economy Series Book Series

Editors: Kiggins, Ryan

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51466-6

ISBN: 978-3-319-51465-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 19, 2017

1 - 10 of 16 Chapters

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Robots and Political Economy

Kiggins, Ryan

Pages: 1 –16

[Fears of artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence-induced apocalypse and Terminator conundrums reveal an enduring puzzle concerning the prospects for human prosperity and security in an automated global political economy. This puzzle reflects human fear of the unknown and the...
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The Politics of Global Value Chains

Cox, Ronald W.; Wartenbe, Michael

Pages: 17 –40

[Most Fortune 500 corporations have transformed their production systems over the past 30 years of global capitalism. Instead of producing a product from start to finish, the dominant corporations in every major sector of the world economy have taken advantage of technological revolutions in...
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Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-state Symbiosis

Carey, Elaine; Marak, Andrae

Pages: 41 –59

[This chapter argues that the two primary means of responding to the illegal drug problem over the last 30 years—the Kingpin StrategyKingpin strategy and interdiction—have been unprecedented failures because drug smugglers and state agencies that serve to prevent drug smugglingDrug smuggling...
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Policy Implications of People Analytics and the Automated Workplace

Sharp, Brett S.

Pages: 61 –80

[A critical mass of disruptive technologies is revolutionizing the workplace, challenging the role of human beings in enterprise organizations. This chapter explores three emerging forces that are transforming the nature of work: (1) people analyticsPeople analytics, (2) artificial...
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Automatic Medicine? Technology and the Future of Primary Health Care

Skinner, Daniel; Franz, Berkeley

Pages: 81 –100

[How do emerging medical technologies stand to impact primary care services? Drawing from theoretical literature on the effects of technology on human interaction, we explore three developments in medical technologyMedical technology. The goal of this analysis is to assess how each technology may...
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Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation

Walsh, Sean Noah; Sculos, Bryant William

Pages: 101 –125

[In July of 2016, a gunman opened fire on an otherwise peaceful protest in Dallas, Texas, targeting uniformed police officers. The suspect was eventually killed, not by police gunfire, but by a bomb-wielding robot. In orthodox Marxism, automation has represented both a threat to the employment...
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The Political Economy of Bots: Theory and Method in the Study of Social Automation

Woolley, Samuel

Pages: 127 –155

[Automated botsAutomated bots play aBotsmassiveSocial Automation role in many online environments. The security firmFirm Incapsula estimates that over 55 percent of InternetInternet traffic is created by these automated computer programs. Social botsSocial bots are iterations of this technology...
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The Safe Hand: Liquidity, Money, and Financial Innovation

Gatch, Loren

Pages: 157 –182

[The financial crisis of 2007–2008 has invigorated a debate over the role placed by “safe assets” in the financial system. “Safe assets” refer to a class of financial instruments whose properties and contexts allow them to be considered riskless, in the sense that their owners have no need or...
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Against Our Better Judgment: Practical Wisdom in an Age of Smart(er) Machines

Thiele, Leslie Paul

Pages: 183 –209

[Many argue that artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) poses an existential threat to humanity. The development of “unfriendly” AI is a genuine peril that requires careful consideration. But it might not be the greatest danger. By relieving us of opportunities to exercise...
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Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Policy Decision-Making: A Crisis in International Relations Theory?

Kiggins, Ryan David

Pages: 211 –234

[Theories of international relationsInternational relations may soon confront a crisis of explanative powerPower. This crisis emerges from a shift in how policymakers determine policy decisions to effectuate outcomes consistent with global policy objectives. International relations...

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