The robots aren't coming for your job. Your boss is using them against you.Every week brings new headlines about AI taking over-but the real story isn't about technology. It's about power. Who owns the machines? Who profits from automation? And who's left behind when "efficiency" means firing half the workforce?
The Boss Is an Algorithm cuts through the hype and fear to reveal what's actually happening to workers right now:
- Warehouse workers tracked by scanners that fire them automatically for being too slow
- Call center employees monitored for "emotional tone" by AI that never blinks
- Artists and writers whose life's work was scraped without consent to train the systems replacing them
- Gig workers algorithmically managed by apps designed to crush any hint of worker power
This isn't science fiction. This is Monday morning.
In plain English and with dark humor, Levi Kavan exposes the new world of algorithmic management, explains why fifty years of productivity gains never gave us more free time, and lays out a democratic socialist vision for a future where technology actually serves the people who use it.
Forget "learning to code." Forget "upskilling." The only real solution is collective power-shorter workweeks, public AI, universal services, and the organizing strategies that can win them.
The robot isn't your enemy. The billionaire who owns it is. This book shows you how to take it back.
"The most accessible and furious book about AI and labor I've ever read."
Inside you'll discover:
- How algorithmic management has spread far beyond Uber drivers to every industry
- The hidden workers whose trauma powers AI's "magic"
- Why we're working harder than ever despite all our time-saving technology
- The four-day workweek movement and how unions are already winning AI protections
- Concrete steps you can take-starting Monday-to fight back
If you're worried about AI, angry about your job, or just wondering why the future feels so precarious, this book is for you.
