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