fauxtomation

English

Etymology

Blend of faux +‎ automation, coined by Astra Taylor.

Noun

fauxtomation (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Processes or products that are not fully automated, but are 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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