Mary L. Gray
Anthropologist | Technology, Society & the Future of Work
About
Mary L. Gray is a senior principal researcher at Microsoft Research and a Fellow at the Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Her research explores the ethical and social implications of artificial intelligence, automation, and the gig economy. Gray's book 'Ghost Work' was named one of the best books of 2019 by The New Yorker, and her TED talk on the invisible human labor behind AI has been viewed over 1 million times.
Gray's keynotes provide data-driven insights into how emerging technologies are transforming the nature of work and the workforce.
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COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it
"We are living through the tech-enabled unraveling of full-time employment itself," says anthropologist Mary L. Gray. As the pandemic exposes and accelerates the shift to on-demand online labor, Gray takes us inside the jobs being created to solve the problems artificial intelligence can't handle -- and explains why our economic recovery hinges on extending essential benefits to all workers. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED business curator Corey Hajim, was recorded July 6, 2020.)
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