Js Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Js Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Js |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5864-9721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cloud Capitalism and the AI Transition
This article explores the origins and implications of a new cloud business model that is powering the advance of AI. We document how this model emerged within a handful of the most dominant IT firms whose reach into all corners of the economy makes them a powerful node or “choke point” in the political economy as a whole. We then elaborate how the features of the cloud business model differ from the traditional platform model out of which it grew…
Unlikely Organizers
Tech workers-professionals in the technology industry, such as software engineers, product managers, and UX designers-are not normally associated with labor activism. Yet, since 2017, there has been a significant rise in workplace activism over "bread-and-butter" issues among this group. Using an original data set, the authors demonstrate how, in the case of tech workers, periods of intense workplace social activism preceded later periods of heig…
Labor's Stake in Shaping Tech Futures
This forum focuses on the conditions and futures of the labor underpinning technology production and maintenance. We welcome standalone articles as well as interviews and conversations about all tech labor within the global supply chain of digital technologies. --- Seyram Avle and Sarah Fox, Editors
Unlikely Organizers
Tech workers-professionals in the technology industry, such as software engineers, product managers, and UX designers-are not normally associated with labor activism. Yet, since 2017, there has been a significant rise in workplace activism over "bread-and-butter" issues among this group. Using an original data set, the authors demonstrate how, in the case of tech workers, periods of intense workplace social activism preceded later periods of heig…
Labor's Stake in Shaping Tech Futures
This forum focuses on the conditions and futures of the labor underpinning technology production and maintenance. We welcome standalone articles as well as interviews and conversations about all tech labor within the global supply chain of digital technologies. --- Seyram Avle and Sarah Fox, Editors
Cloud Capitalism and the AI Transition
This article explores the origins and implications of a new cloud business model that is powering the advance of AI. We document how this model emerged within a handful of the most dominant IT firms whose reach into all corners of the economy makes them a powerful node or “choke point” in the political economy as a whole. We then elaborate how the features of the cloud business model differ from the traditional platform model out of which it grew…
Unlikely Organizers
Tech workers-professionals in the technology industry, such as software engineers, product managers, and UX designers-are not normally associated with labor activism. Yet, since 2017, there has been a significant rise in workplace activism over "bread-and-butter" issues among this group. Using an original data set, the authors demonstrate how, in the case of tech workers, periods of intense workplace social activism preceded later periods of heig…
Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Alliance (1 works) · Asset (computer security (1 works) · Big data (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Business model (1 works) · Capitalism (1 works) · Cloud computing (1 works) · COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration (1 works) · Economic Development and Digital Transformation (1 works)