U.S. employers are using AI to essentially reduce workers to numbers in the workplace
U.S. employers are using AI to quantify and dehumanize workers in the workplace, according to author Ifeoma Ajunwa.
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Posted 8/30/2023, 9:10:46 AM
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The U.S. workforce on Labor Day 2023 is characterized by low unemployment rates, increasing labor market participation by women, low unemployment rates among all tracked races and ethnicities, the rising influence of artificial intelligence in the workplace, declining union membership, an increase in workers going on strike, and the prevalence of remote work arrangements.
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Artificial intelligence will disrupt the employer-employee relationship, leading to a shift in working for tech intermediaries and platforms, according to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who warns that this transformation will be destabilizing for the U.S. middle class and could eradicate labor protections.
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