""Fundamentally our goal is not to replace workers, but to augment and help streamline their work. Our resolution includes provisions around requiring human oversight over AI, ensuring that workers have input about the tools that are adopted and how generative AI is implemented.""
""Everything is knowable now. We're excited about the referral discussing prohibited use cases, not wanting AI to be used to make firing or discipline decisions.""
""There are tools to create employee training videos, for example. There is a speech-to-text platform that synthesizes doctors' notes. We're also doing a Microsoft CoPilot program at select departments to see whether it is helpful to those staff.""
Santa Clara County employees are advocating for regulations on artificial intelligence to address concerns about job displacement. The Board of Supervisors is considering a study on AI usage across departments, including the public hospital system. Proposed guidelines include transparency in AI operations, prohibitions on AI for budgetary or personnel decisions, and measures to support workers. Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga emphasizes the importance of augmenting rather than replacing human workers. Labor unions express concerns about AI's impact on the workforce, particularly regarding disciplinary decisions.
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