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What’s it like being an Uber driver?

Aleks Krotoski gets down to work, talking to a car driver jumping on the Uber bandwagon. Having an algorithm as a boss runs the risk of having only the appearance of freedom and flexibility. It's what attracts people to the so-called gig economy, where tasks are farmed out by an app to a willing freelance workforce.

First broadcast on Digital Human, 4 April 2016.

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