Amanda Reilly
@amandareillyinnz.bsky.social
I live in Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara, New Zealand where I teach and research the law of work.
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Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
I vividly remember reading Jeremy Rifkind's "the End of Work" back in 1995 as well as Stanley Aronowitz "the Jobless Future".
Metaverse hype is another iteration of what people said about Second Life.
AGI is another iteration of the Singularity.
History doesn't repeat it echos.
Metaverse hype is another iteration of what people said about Second Life.
AGI is another iteration of the Singularity.
History doesn't repeat it echos.
This feels very similar to the automation/robotics discourse from ~10 years ago…
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I vividly remember reading Jeremy Rifkind's "the End of Work" back in 1995 as well as Stanley Aronowitz "the Jobless Future".
Metaverse hype is another iteration of what people said about Second Life.
AGI is another iteration of the Singularity.
History doesn't repeat it echos.
Metaverse hype is another iteration of what people said about Second Life.
AGI is another iteration of the Singularity.
History doesn't repeat it echos.
"Our experience of technology is usually related to an existing system of power"
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Our experience of technology is usually related to an existing system of power"
Attention Wellington people interested in privacy and workers' rights. Please consider yourself invited to a public lecture and the launch of book edited by me and @joshfairfield.bsky.social at 11.30 a.m GBLT1 on Wednesday 26 November. (More details in the link) www.wgtn.ac.nz/business/eng...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Workers’ Right to Privacy—Public Lecture and Book Launch | Ōrauariki / Wellington School of Business and Government | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Welli...
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Attention Wellington people interested in privacy and workers' rights. Please consider yourself invited to a public lecture and the launch of book edited by me and @joshfairfield.bsky.social at 11.30 a.m GBLT1 on Wednesday 26 November. (More details in the link) www.wgtn.ac.nz/business/eng...
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"In writing this article, I realized that I could endlessly tie much of our reporting on attacks on civil society and human knowledge to the force multiplier that is AI and the AI maximalist political and economic project." www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"In writing this article, I realized that I could endlessly tie much of our reporting on attacks on civil society and human knowledge to the force multiplier that is AI and the AI maximalist political and economic project." www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
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Good.
Now if only Van Velden would stop attempting to overturn these judgments!
The idea that you should be able to avoid your obligations under employment law by simply saying someone is a contractor (regardless of the actual nature of the relationship) makes a mockery of the law.
Now if only Van Velden would stop attempting to overturn these judgments!
The idea that you should be able to avoid your obligations under employment law by simply saying someone is a contractor (regardless of the actual nature of the relationship) makes a mockery of the law.
Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
The Supreme Court has unanimously voted in favour of the drivers.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Good.
Now if only Van Velden would stop attempting to overturn these judgments!
The idea that you should be able to avoid your obligations under employment law by simply saying someone is a contractor (regardless of the actual nature of the relationship) makes a mockery of the law.
Now if only Van Velden would stop attempting to overturn these judgments!
The idea that you should be able to avoid your obligations under employment law by simply saying someone is a contractor (regardless of the actual nature of the relationship) makes a mockery of the law.
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#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Govt must respect Supreme Court ruling and abandon pro-Uber bill - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Prime Minister to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and abandon Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Bill. The Bill would enshrine in law the abi...
union.org.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Attention people interested in New Zealand employment law- the Supreme Court is releasing its decision on the UBER case on Monday 17 November
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Goi...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Goi...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Attention people interested in New Zealand employment law- the Supreme Court is releasing its decision on the UBER case on Monday 17 November
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Goi...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Goi...
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In the Inequality.org op-ed, researchers Mishal Khan and Kung Feng lift up four core themes that emerged from their analysis of recent AI principles and statements released by unions and other worker organizations. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
A First Look at Labor’s AI Values: An analysis of recent statements about technology by unions and other worker organizations
A first look at labor’s vision of what the future of AI and digital technologies should look like.
laborcenter.berkeley.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In the Inequality.org op-ed, researchers Mishal Khan and Kung Feng lift up four core themes that emerged from their analysis of recent AI principles and statements released by unions and other worker organizations. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/a-first-look...
John Campbell asks is Uber's low pay model the future of work in New Zealand? I'd say, at the rate we are going, yes. More and more people are going to be employed by platforms and it's not clear those platforms will even be in New Zealand. www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/08/j...
John Campbell: Is Uber's low-pay model the future of work in NZ?
Will ACT minister Brooke van Velden's proposed Employment Relations Amendment Bill see more and more Kiwi workers toil for low pay with zero holiday and sick leave?
www.1news.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
John Campbell asks is Uber's low pay model the future of work in New Zealand? I'd say, at the rate we are going, yes. More and more people are going to be employed by platforms and it's not clear those platforms will even be in New Zealand. www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/08/j...
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Real-time End-to-end Surveillance.
Meta - FB, Insta, WhatsApp - will read your DMs and AI chats, rolling out from Dec
Meta will soon be able to read users conversations via its AI function which cannot be turned off - if data protection laws don't stop them
www.thecanary.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Real-time End-to-end Surveillance.
It is beyond upsetting to me how after a tragedy of the magnitude of Pike River the government is weakening our occupational health and safety law. Anna Osbourne and Sonya Rockhouse are asking for signatures to their open letter to the government about this.
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_pik
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_pik
www.together.org.nz
October 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It is beyond upsetting to me how after a tragedy of the magnitude of Pike River the government is weakening our occupational health and safety law. Anna Osbourne and Sonya Rockhouse are asking for signatures to their open letter to the government about this.
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_pik
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_pik
I think the banner of democratisation is a fig leaf to what's really going on which is the dehumanisation, disciplining and disempowerment of ordinary people. Bad tech make us lonely, makes us stupid and makes us scared.
We keep seeing startups who want to replace something valuable (therapy, counseling, tutoring, artistic expression) with some tech bullshit under the banner of democratization. But why do we need to invest so much in bad tech that doesn't work instead of just giving people access to what they need?
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I think the banner of democratisation is a fig leaf to what's really going on which is the dehumanisation, disciplining and disempowerment of ordinary people. Bad tech make us lonely, makes us stupid and makes us scared.
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Read more about the project at our website: www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
Worker Surveillance and Wage Theft
How algorithmic management and workplace surveillance allows corporations to steal wages, intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
www.dair-institute.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Read more about the project at our website: www.dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
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🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
I think the Public Service Commission has breached good faith here see s32 (iii) of the Employment Relations Act
ie. "the union and the employer—
(iii)must not undermine or do anything that is likely to undermine the bargaining or the authority of the other in the bargaining"
ie. "the union and the employer—
(iii)must not undermine or do anything that is likely to undermine the bargaining or the authority of the other in the bargaining"
Regime would rather give money to foreign billionaires for facebook ads slandering public servants than negotiate with them in good faith.
Yeah, fuck them. Shut it all down. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Yeah, fuck them. Shut it all down. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Public Service Commission's ads targeting strike 'absolutely unbelievable' - Labour
The party is concerned the public service commissioner is acting in an "overly politicised way".
www.rnz.co.nz
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I think the Public Service Commission has breached good faith here see s32 (iii) of the Employment Relations Act
ie. "the union and the employer—
(iii)must not undermine or do anything that is likely to undermine the bargaining or the authority of the other in the bargaining"
ie. "the union and the employer—
(iii)must not undermine or do anything that is likely to undermine the bargaining or the authority of the other in the bargaining"
This is an upsetting article about the underpaid and exploited hidden human labour in the AI supply chain
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/art...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/art...
Gruelling, low-paid human work behind generative AI curtain
For a generative artificial intelligence system to learn how to write an autopsy report, human workers must sort and annotate thousands of crime scene images.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
October 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is an upsetting article about the underpaid and exploited hidden human labour in the AI supply chain
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/art...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/art...
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Andrew Lensen and I have developed a fortnightly newsletter called The Reading List
It does exactly what it says on the tin: ten good, interesting or challenging things we've read, watched or listened to in the last fortnight. Did I mention its totally free.
open.substack.com/pub/lensenmc...
It does exactly what it says on the tin: ten good, interesting or challenging things we've read, watched or listened to in the last fortnight. Did I mention its totally free.
open.substack.com/pub/lensenmc...
The Reading List
10 high-impact reads and watches. Some old, some new. Delivered with no fluff or frills, and in no particular order.
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Andrew Lensen and I have developed a fortnightly newsletter called The Reading List
It does exactly what it says on the tin: ten good, interesting or challenging things we've read, watched or listened to in the last fortnight. Did I mention its totally free.
open.substack.com/pub/lensenmc...
It does exactly what it says on the tin: ten good, interesting or challenging things we've read, watched or listened to in the last fortnight. Did I mention its totally free.
open.substack.com/pub/lensenmc...
New Policy Brief by Data & Society "The Privacy Trap: How “Privacy-Preserving AI Techniques” Mask the New Worker Surveillance and Datafication"
datasociety.net/library/the-...
datasociety.net/library/the-...
The “Privacy” Trap
Corporations are rolling out new technologies that may technically comply with data privacy laws, but actually create more ways to control and exploit workers. This brief offers concrete principles fo...
datasociety.net
October 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
New Policy Brief by Data & Society "The Privacy Trap: How “Privacy-Preserving AI Techniques” Mask the New Worker Surveillance and Datafication"
datasociety.net/library/the-...
datasociety.net/library/the-...
New report from the ITCU ituc-csi.org/Artificial-I... on why workers' unions must shape the deployment and regulation of artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence: Workers' unions must shape deployment and regulation
The ITUC has released a new report on the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on working people, with a clear call for trade unions to be fully involved in shaping how AI is deployed and regulated...
ituc-csi.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
New report from the ITCU ituc-csi.org/Artificial-I... on why workers' unions must shape the deployment and regulation of artificial intelligence.
The Austrian Data Protection Authority ("DSB") issued a decision finding that Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks school children and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes. noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children
Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.
noyb.eu
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Austrian Data Protection Authority ("DSB") issued a decision finding that Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks school children and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes. noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...
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The advantages of unionization are obvious, so why don’t more workers join unions?
Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.
theconversation.com/the-advantag...
#canlab
Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.
theconversation.com/the-advantag...
#canlab
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The advantages of unionization are obvious, so why don’t more workers join unions?
Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.
theconversation.com/the-advantag...
#canlab
Employer-led union suppression strategies are a key explanatory factor.
theconversation.com/the-advantag...
#canlab
Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design and the Law. "This is going on my TBR list. "It explains how laws fail to address deceptive design practices and explores the implications for privacy, autonomy and consumer protection in the digital age" www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dark-patt...
Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law
This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence…
www.bloomsbury.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design and the Law. "This is going on my TBR list. "It explains how laws fail to address deceptive design practices and explores the implications for privacy, autonomy and consumer protection in the digital age" www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dark-patt...
So it's not just in New Zealand this happens...
No better way to weaken enforcement of protective labour statutes like employment standards, health and safety, and human rights than starving the administrative machinery assigned to enforcing those statutes.
Strategy as old as time.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Strategy as old as time.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Ford government caps new hires for agencies, boards and commissions
After "significant growth" in new employees, the Ontario government has announced a hiring crackdown in its 143 agencies, boards and commissions — arms-length organizations that have a sweeping impact...
www.thestar.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So it's not just in New Zealand this happens...