Artificial intelligence in the capitalist university: academic labour, commodification, and value

by Preston, John

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Artificial intelligence in the capitalist university : academic labour, commodification, and value / John Preston.

Summary

"Using Marxist critique, this book explores manifestations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education and demonstrates how it contributes to the functioning and existence of the capitalist university. Challenging the idea that AI is a break from previous capitalist technologies, the book offers nuanced examination of the impacts of AI on the control and regulation of academic work and labour, on digital learning and remote teaching, and on the value of learning and knowledge. Applying a Marxist perspective, Preston argues that commodity fetishism, surveillance, and increasing productivity ushered in by the growth of AI, further alienates and exploits academic labour and commodifies learning and research. The text puts forward a solid theoretical framework and methodology for thinking about AI to inform critical and revolutionary pedagogies. Offering an impactful and timely analysis, this book provides a critical engagement and application of key Marxist concepts in the study of AI's role in higher education. It will be of interest to those working or researching in higher education"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2022.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2022.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781000471502, 1000471500, 9781003081654, 1003081657, 1000471497, 9781000471496
oclc:on1255523832
LC Classification:LB1028.43
Dewey Decimal:378.1/7344678

Introduction -- Capitalist universities, AI and value -- AI and the subsumption of academic labour -- The pixarfication of higher education -- Disaster capitalism and time in the virtual university -- AI, existential threat and the capitalist university -- AI and the end of the capitalist university.

Subjects

Artificial intelligence -- Economic asp… Artificial intelligence -- Educational … Capitalism and education Critique marxiste EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects Education, Higher Education, Higher -- Economic aspects Education, Higher -- Effect of technolo… Enseignement supérieur -- Aspect économ… Enseignement supérieur -- Effets des in… Intelligence artificielle -- Applicatio… Intelligence artificielle -- Aspect éco… Marxist criticism