Google Cabs And Uber Bots Will Challenge Jobs 'Below The API'
www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2015..., by ForbesAnthony Wing Kosner, February 4, 2015A response to Replacing Middle Management with APIs in Forbes created this chart that was widely used at the time.
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Since Amazon Mechanical Turk introduced automated task management on the web in 2005, there has been a rise of jobs controlled by software APIs. These employers include 99designs, Uber, TaskRabbit and HomeJoy. There is a growing disparity between workers who make the software (above the API) and those completing the tasks (below the API). Many jobs that can be parceled out via API will be vulnerable to robot automation, perhaps as soon as 2020.
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