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🗞️Unions Call for Worker-Centered AI Approach at Senate Hearing

🗞️Unions Call for Worker-Centered AI Approach at Senate Hearing

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At today's Senate Select Committee hearing on the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), unions will be advocating for a worker-centered approach to the technology's adoption and regulation throughout the economy. AI is already present in every sector of the economy, including retail, transportation, and education. It will also continue to have an impact on workplaces and people who are already vulnerable to having their intellectual property stolen by businesses and being the target of irrational surveillance. Senators will hear testimony from the ACTU, SDA, TWU, and NTEU regarding the extent of AI's effects on labour.

ACTU Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell said Workers must be at the centre of decision-making on the future of AI and how it is regulated.

“AI is present in nearly every industry and we need to tackle this problem head-on. We risk a future where the rights fought for over generations by working people are undermined by the adoption of new technologies,” He said

Mitchell added The risks are clear: workers are being subjected to unreasonable unblinking surveillance, being hired and fired by algorithm, having their creative output stolen by companies, and being discriminated against by bosses’ bots.

“We need to ensure that these risks are eliminated while encouraging the development of technology that uplifts working people and any productivity benefits from its adoption be shared with working people that enable it. There should be no decision about us without us.” He dislosed.

The Senate Select Committee was formed to investigate and document the advantages and consequences for Australia that result from the adoption of AI technologies in the country, taking into account the following:

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· recent trends and opportunities in the development and adoption of AI technologies in Australia and overseas, in particular regarding generative AI;

· risks and harms arising from the adoption of AI technologies, including bias, discrimination and error;

· emerging international approaches to mitigating AI risks;

· opportunities to adopt AI in ways that benefit citizens, the environment and/or economic growth, for example in health and climate management;

· opportunities to foster a responsible AI industry in Australia

The committee will present its final report on or before 19 September 2024.

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