
Gig economy workers are urging delivery platforms to open up the “black box” of computer-driven algorithms that determine the jobs they are offered and how much they are paid, blaming increased use of AI for lowering wages.(零工经济工人敦促平台公开算法黑箱,并指责AI使用增加压低了工资。)
零工经济工人正敦促外卖平台打开由计算机驱动的算法“黑箱”,这些算法决定了他们获得的工作以及薪酬水平,他们指责AI的更多使用压低了工资。
A group of food delivery riders in Edinburgh say their rates of pay have fallen and their working conditions have deteriorated(恶化,变坏) at the same time as(与……同时) Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat, the three dominant(占主导地位的) gig economy platforms in the UK and Ireland, have increased their use of automation(自动化).
爱丁堡的一群外卖骑手表示,他们的薪酬水平下降,工作条件恶化,与此同时,Deliveroo、Uber Eats和Just Eat这三大英国和爱尔兰的零工经济平台增加了自动化技术的使用。
“I am making half the money I was making four years ago, for the same amount of hours. It makes no sense(毫无道理,说不通),” said David, a food delivery rider in Edinburgh for the past seven years who did not want to share his surname(姓氏).
“我工作同样的时长,挣的钱却是四年前的一半。这毫无道理,”大卫说。他在爱丁堡做了七年外卖骑手,不愿透露自己的姓氏。