Social Impact Design for Business

AI and the Gig Economy in the Global South

June 09, 2022 Impact Studio at Michigan Ross Season 3 Episode 3
Social Impact Design for Business
AI and the Gig Economy in the Global South
Show Notes

In this episode of Social Impact Design for Business, Jerry Davis of Michigan Ross' +Impact Studio interviews Bama Athreya, Deputy Assistant Administrator with the Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation at USAID.  Ms. Athreya discusses how the Global South has technologically leapfrogged past the expected little steps toward automation and straight to a gig economy where AI tracks employees, for good or for bad.