Worker led innovation is key to ensuring AI at work is genuinely beneficial for all, equitable, sustainable and just. This timely and important report from @jlthorne.bsky.social KIT Karlsruhe @autonomy-institute.bsky.social sets out historical examples we can draw on to inform present challenges.
NEW REPORT 🚨"Shaping digital futures in work and society: the case of worker-led innovation" by Jessica Thorne
Commissioned & published by KIT Karlsruhe, the report offers a deeper dive into the Lucas Plan, including new interviews with former employees 👇
https://buff.ly/42J0phx
Commissioned & published by KIT Karlsruhe, the report offers a deeper dive into the Lucas Plan, including new interviews with former employees 👇
https://buff.ly/42J0phx
autonomy.work
January 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Worker led innovation is key to ensuring AI at work is genuinely beneficial for all, equitable, sustainable and just. This timely and important report from @jlthorne.bsky.social KIT Karlsruhe @autonomy-institute.bsky.social sets out historical examples we can draw on to inform present challenges.
In this @@bunkerpod.bsky.social I explore with @nndroid.bsky.social many different issues relating to AI at work - but the thread running through our chat is the importance of worker voice, collectivism and economic justice in industrial revolutions past and present.
Starmer wants Britain to “mainline artificial intelligence into its veins”, but as job automation races ahead, who’s listening to working people? Mary Towers of @the-tuc.bsky.social talks to @nndroid.bsky.social about making AI work for everyone.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In this @@bunkerpod.bsky.social I explore with @nndroid.bsky.social many different issues relating to AI at work - but the thread running through our chat is the importance of worker voice, collectivism and economic justice in industrial revolutions past and present.
Reposted by Mary Towers
Today, the Government has announced plans to harness the opportunities of AI to drive economic growth and transform services.
As the country’s leading tech union we want to see workers positively involved in every stage of development.
Read our full response: prospect.org.uk/news/uk-can-...
As the country’s leading tech union we want to see workers positively involved in every stage of development.
Read our full response: prospect.org.uk/news/uk-can-...
January 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Today, the Government has announced plans to harness the opportunities of AI to drive economic growth and transform services.
As the country’s leading tech union we want to see workers positively involved in every stage of development.
Read our full response: prospect.org.uk/news/uk-can-...
As the country’s leading tech union we want to see workers positively involved in every stage of development.
Read our full response: prospect.org.uk/news/uk-can-...
Reposted by Mary Towers
1/4: Our members are already reporting major changes to working conditions due to the introduction of AI, which creates new risks and all too often results in workers feeling alienated and demotivated.
January 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
1/4: Our members are already reporting major changes to working conditions due to the introduction of AI, which creates new risks and all too often results in workers feeling alienated and demotivated.
Reposted by Mary Towers
“If AI is to play a positive role in public services, it must be managed carefully and responsibly. That means proper input from workers and all parts of society to ensure it’s not only the voice of big tech being heard.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/01...
www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/01...
AI must be used to enhance public services, not replace workers, says UNISON | News, Press release | News | UNISON National
UK workers have vast expertise and insight that can help shape AI development in ways to benefit everyone
www.unison.org.uk
January 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“If AI is to play a positive role in public services, it must be managed carefully and responsibly. That means proper input from workers and all parts of society to ensure it’s not only the voice of big tech being heard.”
www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/01...
www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/01...
Reposted by Mary Towers
We have responded to the Government’s 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' released today by calling for rights and ethical data use to be at the heart of the approach to ‘turbocharge’ AI adoption.
January 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We have responded to the Government’s 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' released today by calling for rights and ethical data use to be at the heart of the approach to ‘turbocharge’ AI adoption.
Trade union ideas for realising AI opportunities: 🤝🏽 collective bargaining
💡worker led innovation
👷🏽 AI to enhance work
⚖️ equal outcomes
❤️ protect human values and creativity
🌎 sustainable growth
🪑 seat at the table for worker reps
📃 update laws
🔥empower people
💡worker led innovation
👷🏽 AI to enhance work
⚖️ equal outcomes
❤️ protect human values and creativity
🌎 sustainable growth
🪑 seat at the table for worker reps
📃 update laws
🔥empower people
January 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trade union ideas for realising AI opportunities: 🤝🏽 collective bargaining
💡worker led innovation
👷🏽 AI to enhance work
⚖️ equal outcomes
❤️ protect human values and creativity
🌎 sustainable growth
🪑 seat at the table for worker reps
📃 update laws
🔥empower people
💡worker led innovation
👷🏽 AI to enhance work
⚖️ equal outcomes
❤️ protect human values and creativity
🌎 sustainable growth
🪑 seat at the table for worker reps
📃 update laws
🔥empower people