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ECS 188: Ethics

The Gig Economy

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Administrative

Last time: future tech -- AI and others

This time: dangers of tech -- Gig economy

Next time: future tech -- cryptocurrencies

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Next week: Black Mirror

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Administrative

No class on Wednesday, light reading today and Friday

  • Please make sure you make use of this time for Milestone 2
  • Note about other class…

No reading analysis for Friday’s class either, will just give everyone 4 points for it

Milestone 2 due on 2/16

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An insider’s view of the Gig economy

Drivers are deeply important to ride sharing companies, want happy drivers!

  • Employees are usually quite different than drivers
  • Lots of employees drove to better empathize

At the same time, Uber / Lyft actively working to replace them (autonomous cars)

Personal guess: in the end, you’ll have self-driving for most of the rides, part time drivers to fill in gaps. Based on conversations with drivers, reasons to drive:

  • Saving for vacation, stress relief, recovering from an injury, social experience, etc.

My take on autonomous...