Willcocks (2020) aims to call attention to the problematic public discourse on artificial intelligence (AI), and shortcomings in the literature on employment effects of technology and the ensuing transformation of work. He offers not only relevant points of critique but works towards reframing the debate about technologies’ impact on work. We join him in this effort, however, we challenge him to deepen and sharpen his arguments. Moreover, we are uncomfortable with his style as it undermines the very credibility that we see as crucial to the ability of academia to contribute to public discourse. In this commentary we examine what we find to be the two main contributions of his article and attempt to expand these perspectives to set the stage for a more nuanced view.

中文翻译：

---

机器人启示录取消了？

Willcocks (2020) 旨在引起人们对关于人工智能 (AI) 的有问题的公共话语的关注，以及关于技术就业影响和随之而来的工作转型的文献中的缺陷。他不仅提供了相关的批评点，而且还致力于重新构建关于技术对工作影响的辩论。我们与他一起努力，但是，我们挑战他加深和加强他的论点。此外，我们对他的风格感到不舒服，因为它破坏了我们认为对学术界为公共话语做出贡献的能力至关重要的可信度。在这篇评论中，我们研究了我们发现的他文章的两个主要贡献，并尝试扩展这些观点，为更细致的观点奠定基础。