Automation makes individual output measurement and surplus-value theory obsolete.
Evidence
Now automation seems to alter qualitatively the relation between dead and living labor; it tends toward the point where productivity is determined “by the machines, and not by the individual output.” Moreover, the very measurement of individual output becomes impossible: “Automation in its largest sense means, in effect, the end of measurement of work… — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 179
Categorization
- XREF: Directly engages the Marxian labor theory of value — reader’s critical theory base. — connects to: Full automation is incompatible with capitalist private exploitation of labor — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 197; Automated production shifts wealth creation from labor time to scientific knowledge — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 198; AI reduces job quality by devaluing human labor. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 126 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Automated production shifts wealth creation from labor time to scientific knowledge
#expands(0.90) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 198 - Full automation is incompatible with capitalist private exploitation of labor
#expands(0.85) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 197 - AI reduces job quality by devaluing human labor.
#complicates(0.75) — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 126