AI at Work: Digital Surveillance Instead of Lost Jobs
The main threat of artificial intelligence in the workplace is not job loss but a growing gap between employees who use AI to extend their skills and those whose working lives are increasingly controlled by opaque, AI-driven monitoring systems. This is already happening at companies around the world, from Britain to Kenya to the United States.
AI-processed from Guardian; edited by Hamidun News
AI at work does not so much destroy jobs as create a system of digital surveillance and split employees into two groups: those who get AI tools to expand their capabilities, and those who are left without them.
What is the real threat of AI to workers: job loss or something else?
The real threat is the creation of two classes: some use AI systems to speed up their work, others do not. This is happening now in offices around the world.
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