Pluralistic: AI turns Amazon coders into Amazon warehouse workers (27 May 2025)

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AI turns Amazon coders into Amazon warehouse workers: A reverse-centaur in the loop.
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Pluralistic: Cigna's nopeinator (29 Apr 2024)

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Cigna's nopeinator: When computer says no, doctors are the moral crumple-zone.
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