Artificial intelligence is changing how New Zealanders work. More change is on the way. An Otago University report looks at the main effects and suggests ways of reducing damage.
“The key question is whether New Zealand will successfully deploy AI, ultimately increasing our GDP [gross domestic product], or [whether] more and more of the profits from the AI revolution flow to large, data-rich international companies such as Google and Facebook.”
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Shortening the workday to match school hours could help businesses adapt to increased use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, with the added benefit of building stronger communities, researchers say. (File photo) Regulations would be needed to ensure widespread use of AI did not harm workers or the public, Maclaurin said. However, many desirable strategies, such as a universal basic income, were currently unaffordable.
The impact artificial intelligence will have on work and jobs in Aotearoa New Zealand may be hard to predict, but a University of Otago report provides a.
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New Delhi: The impact artificial intelligence will have on work and jobs in Aoteaora New Zealand may be hard to predict, but a University of Otago report provides a promising way to adapt – shorten the work week. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Jobs and Work in New Zealand report, released today, highlights the uncertainty around whether workers will be enabled by the technology, or displaced.
Co-author Professor James Maclaurin says enabling AI operates alongside human workers, increasing efficiency, productivity and potentially incomes. Displacing AI pushes workers into low paid work with technology taking on high value tasks. “The key question is whether New Zealand will successfully deploy AI, ultimately increasing our GDP, or will more and more of the profits from the AI revolution flow to large data-rich international companies such as Google and Facebook?”
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