2020 Comic

Since 2018, Austria has been planning to introduce an algorithm that divides job seekers into three groups with low, medium and high chances of integration into the job-market. Linked to this are various resources and supports provided by the Public Employment Service Austria (AMS).

This comic gives a brief insight into the workings and problems of the AMS-Algorithm and dicusses the role of predicitve algorithms in shaping social processes. Moving beyond a determinism of technology that seeks to merely „fix“ algorithms, the comic draws attention to underlying social structures, and raises questions about the future of work.

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The comic can be found below as well as a downloadable PDF. (CC-BY-SA 4.0)

Created in the seminar „Data Justice: Artificial Intelligence and Discrimination“ by Nushin Yazdani and Jasmin Grimm at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.