When home office is a privilege of servitude

Work mediated by microtask platforms has been studied worldwide, but still lacks a consensual definition. Based on a literature review, we present in this paper a typology in order to differentiate such form of digital labor from others, considering the dynamic of discontinuity and continuity that marks the history of innovation in capitalism. This has challenged social scientists to establish, from different areas and theoretical perspectives, categories to describe and analyse recent metamorphosis in work. Finally, we draw attention to the fact that artificial intelligence not only eliminates but also creates degraded forms of living labor.