Rampant automation. Soaring unemployment. Extreme wealth concentration at the top.
The prospect of that grim AI-driven future is reshaping the political debate across the country, as the technology advances quickly and policymakers struggle to catch up.
In California — where homegrown AI is being rapidly deployed and many of its workforce impacts are appearing first — some lawmakers want to stymie the technology’s intrusion in the workforce to stave off mass layoffs and protect people from AI’s negative effects. They’re pushing proposals in the Legislature to block the technology from some sectors, including trucking and parts of health care.
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