fauxtomation
nounEtymology Blend of faux + automation, coined by Astra Taylor.
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Neologism Processes or products that are not fully automated, but are marketed or sold as such.
- In its more harmless form, fauxtomation is merely a marketing ploy, a way to make pointless products seem cutting-edge.2018 August, Astra Taylor, “The Automation Charade”, in Logic Magazine, number 5:
- Fauxtomation does not directly replace human labor; rather, it relocates and disperses it in space and time.2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 2, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN: