A European Union-style artificial intelligence authority should be established to protect workers from harmful applications of the technology and bring coordination to the government’s approach to AI policy, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
On Friday, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) assistant secretary Joseph Mitchell told the inquiry into the digital transformation of workplaces that the authority would aim to deliver AI policies applicable across different industries.
Without a whole-of-government approach to AI the union is concerned that legislative gaps may appear, potentially compromising worker protections from high-risk uses of AI in “recruitment, promotion decisions and termination decisions and task allocation”, as well as surveillance.
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