{"id":23828,"date":"2026-07-07T08:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/we-are-not-machines-by-sarah-oconnor-review-can-dignity-at-work-survive-the-tech-revolution\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:37:16","slug":"we-are-not-machines-by-sarah-oconnor-review-can-dignity-at-work-survive-the-tech-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/we-are-not-machines-by-sarah-oconnor-review-can-dignity-at-work-survive-the-tech-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Not Machines by Sarah O\u2019Connor review \u2013 can dignity at work survive the tech revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation<\/p>\n

It\u2019s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it\u2019s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming AI-employment shock. What might the future of work look like \u2013 and who or what will shape its terms? In her new book, Sarah O\u2019Connor goes looking for answers in the modern collision of artificial intelligence, automation, and human labour.<\/p>\n

This clash between human and machine \u2013 and the fight to secure decent working conditions even as the pressure to maximise production mounts \u2013 is nothing new. Neither are concerns about the health risks of repetitive factory work or the loss of creative craftsmanship and independent judgment in the wake of mechanisation. O\u2019Connor has been a reporter at the Financial Times <\/em>for nearly two decades, and although We Are Not Machines <\/em>looks to the future, many of the threats AI poses to workers\u2019 dignity and safety look a lot like reconfigurations of old battles. The book takes its title from the signs striking Swedish miners carried in 1969 as they protested their employers\u2019 new methods of monitoring their output. \u201cVi \u00e4r ej maskiner<\/em>\u201d, their signs read: \u201cWe are not machines.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nA Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation
\nIt\u2019s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it\u2019s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming AI-employment shock. What might the future of work look like \u2013 and who or what will shape its terms? In her new book, Sarah O\u2019Connor goes looking for answers in the modern collision of artificial intelligence, automation, and human labour.
\nThis clash between human and machine \u2013 and the fight to secure decent working conditions even as the pressure to maximise production mounts \u2013 is nothing new. Neither are concerns about the health risks of repetitive factory work or the loss of creative craftsmanship and independent judgment in the wake of mechanisation. O\u2019Connor has been a reporter at the Financial Times for nearly two decades, and although We Are Not Machines looks to the future, many of the threats AI poses to workers\u2019 dignity and safety look a lot like reconfigurations of old battles. The book takes its title from the signs striking Swedish miners carried in 1969 as they protested their employers\u2019 new methods of monitoring their output. \u201cVi \u00e4r ej maskiner\u201d, their signs read: \u201cWe are not machines.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Financial Times journalist ponders the future of labour in world increasingly dominated by AI and automation It\u2019s never been easy to land and keep a decent job. But it feels like it\u2019s getting harder. In June, the number of job vacancies in the UK fell to a five-year low; headlines warn of a looming …<\/p>\n

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