Scripted labor produces a distinct theory of selfhood for workers.

Evidence

Illuminates AI/Equity: Murata’s slim novel of a woman who works at a Tokyo konbini and finds personal meaning in its scripted protocols is a study in human-as-API. Placed beside ghost-work scholarship, the book illuminates how scripted retail labor produces a different theory of selfhood. A cross-pollination for thinking about LLM-as-assistant from inside the worker’s perspective. — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 3268

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ghost-work scholarship and the human-as-API framing in AI labor debates. — connects to: Scripted retail labor produces a distinct theory of selfhood — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1202; The exchange sphere masks exploitative production relations and produces the illusion of isolated individuals; Veiling and ritual bodily acts train the self into piety (+2 more)
• QUESTION: If scripted retail labor produces its own theory of selfhood, what theory do LLM assistants encode in return?

Related

• Scripted retail labor produces a distinct theory of selfhood (similarity 0.93)

Broader Connections

• The exchange sphere masks exploitative production relations and produces the illusion of isolated individuals #complicates (0.30)
• Veiling and ritual bodily acts train the self into piety #corroborates (0.25)