While the world holds its breath to see if the US tech industry can bring about human-level artificial intelligence — and therefore completely rewrite the social contract and economy — experts are warning current iterations of the tech are already remaking the workplace in insidious ways.

This week, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), a group representing nearly 45 million workers across 40 European countries, published a comprehensive report about the disturbing impact of algorithms that increasingly control the workplace.

Titled “Negotiating the Algorithm,” the 70-page tome lays out the basic facts about algorithmic management, the use of AI programs to oversee workers on the job. Far from a dystopian fantasy, the ETUC alerts readers to the alarming rise of the tech. In fact

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