Life Under the Algorithm: how algorithmic wages push workers into predictable poverty
AINowInstitute · x · 2026-09-11
AI Now's Katie Wells and Veena Dubal profile a nurse whose hourly wage drops from $35 to $29.30 without explanation, who faces a 391% APR fee to access earned wages early, and who faces personalized grocery prices — arguing algorithmic wages and prices systematically impoverish workers into the future. Published in Dissent Magazine.
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