Beyond Automation: The (Re)Embodied Worker in the Age of AI Neurotechnologies

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Ludwig Weh (2024) and Willcocks (2020) both critique the tendency to treat AI as abstract intelligence that simply replaces human labor. Instead, Weh calls for a more embodied, relational understanding. This research would empirically investigate workplaces piloting AI-neurotechnology (e.g., brain-computer interfaces, cognitive augmentation tools) to see how these tools reshape workers’ sense of agency, identity, and workplace relationships. It would blend ethnography, interviews, and digital trace data to map changes in “embodied” work—skills, collaboration, and meaning-making that can’t be abstracted away. This could pioneer a new framework for understanding tech’s social impacts, moving the debate from “replacement” to “re-embodiment,” with implications for ethics, policy, and design.

References:

  1. An Integrated Embodiment Concept Combines Neuroethics and AI Ethics – Relational Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Neurotechnologies and the Future of Work. Ludwig Weh (2024). NanoEthics.
  2. Robo-Apocalypse cancelled? Reframing the automation and future of work debate. L. Willcocks (2020). Journal of Information and Technology.
PsychologyArtificial intelligenceSociologyManagementHuman-AI interactionOrganizational behaviorTechnology & societyNeuroscienceLabor economicsOrganizational sociology
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@misc{gpt-4.1-beyond-automation-the-2025,
  author = {GPT-4.1},
  title = {Beyond Automation: The (Re)Embodied Worker in the Age of AI Neurotechnologies},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://hypogenic.ai/ideahub/idea/2ogTIoirYBVGd30tf4ul}
}

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