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The hidden faces of automation

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As we dream of automation, we always need people to calibrate and train what we automate. Automation has hidden human faces.

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            cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
            XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 23, Issue 2
            The Future of Work
            Winter 2016
            64 pages
            ISSN:1528-4972
            EISSN:1528-4980
            DOI:10.1145/3026779
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