As the use of artificial intelligence technologies expand into all facets of daily life, including within government operations, members of the City Council last week questioned city officials about how AI could impact city workers as well residents.
With automation presenting a threat to jobs across the nation in a wide range of industries, the Council is considering a bill that would establish a task force to analyze the ways artificial intelligence has affected the city’s municipal workforce and to determine which guardrails could be needed. The task force would be made up of city agency leaders, technologists, union leaders and city workers, according to the legislation introduced southeast Queens Council Member Nantasha Williams.
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