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Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. | Labor Notes

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A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people will lose jobs.” Wall Street and Big Tech are running a huge hype machine to back up their massive, risky investment in A.I., pledging it will drive a “productivity surge,” meaning fewer workers and more profits. But workers can take heart that, so far, it’s mostly hot air. To date, A.I. is making few profits.

Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. | Labor Notes Skip to main content Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I. National Nurses United released “A.I. justice” principles last year that highlight specific threats, like an automated algorithm deciding how many nurses to schedule on shift or which tests should be ordered for a patient. Photo: NNU A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “ too many people will lose jobs .” Wall Street and Big Tech are runn

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