AI is incredibly convenient, but it's also a bit scary thinking, 'Will I lose my job because of this?' 😳
Apparently, US lawmakers have started taking action to properly address these concerns 💡
In this article, I'll break down this news in my own way ✨
What does it mean when jobs disappear due to AI?
Lately, we often hear about self-checkout at supermarkets or robots working in factories 🤖
While this "automation" and "use of AI" means machines are increasingly doing jobs instead of people, the actual extent of this impact hasn't been very clear 😵💫
Since companies haven't been properly reporting "how many jobs AI is taking in our company," the real situation has been hard to see 💭
New bill: "Reporting rules for transparency"
That's why US senators have proposed a bill saying, "Companies must report the number of jobs lost to AI and automation" ✨
If this passes, we'll be able to properly collect information like:
- How many jobs were taken by AI in which industries
- What types of jobs were lost
- How this varies by region and company
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Why do we need such rules?
You might wonder, "Why do they have to make this mandatory?" I thought the same at first 😅
But consider this: if we don't know how many people are losing their jobs, we can't create proper support policies 💡
For example:
- Support measures to help unemployed people find new jobs more easily
- Education and training programs for people in fields vulnerable to AI replacement
To create these properly, we need real numbers and data 🥺
Some concerns: "What happens next?"
This bill is still in the proposal stage, but if it becomes reality, it would make job changes due to AI much more visible 👀
In other words, we'd have more clues about what the future of work looks like 💗
However, since it's just a reporting rule, how to actually use this data seems like a future challenge 😳
To summarize…
- The potential problem of jobs decreasing due to AI evolution is surprisingly hard to grasp 💭
- A bill requiring "proper reporting of jobs lost to AI" has been proposed in the US ✨
- If this makes the situation visible, it will be easier to think of ways to help 👀
- It's just the beginning, but it might provide hints for thinking about future work and how to coexist with AI 💡
As AI becomes more commonplace, I think it's important to organize these problems in a visible way 🌸
Hatena
Comments
ハンナ
It's too late and ineffective, they'll just shift blame to economic or budget issues.
ノーラン
I'd bet only Harley-supporting Republicans would agree with this.
グレース
If it's not retroactive, it's pretty much meaningless.
クリス
The government is actually pretty good at transparency laws.
ジョージ
The president will probably just hire people who report that AI is creating jobs.
ハンナ
It's too late, and they'll probably only regulate medium-sized businesses while ignoring large corporations.
クロエ
Automation and AI are completely different things.
リリー
Automation has been taking jobs since the industrial revolution.
ロバート
Jobs moving overseas is a much bigger problem.
ハンナ
This only helps shareholders, and job losses aren't due to AI but because the economy is bad.
グレース
Accurate numbers will just be recorded in history and never used for anything else, the government has never penalized anyone for introducing robots.
ノーラン
Data collection? Or just giving MAGA more ammunition to blame the economy?
ハンナ
The numbers will be fabricated and nothing will change, because nobody will do anything about it.
サム
The Department of Labor collecting numbers? Give me a break.
ハンナ
But regulations will only work after mass layoffs, and they'll just make it look like 'it's not a big deal'.
