10 Amendments of Daniela RONDINELLI related to 2020/2012(INL)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Wwhereas the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in everyday life and in the workplace isat work is constantly increasing;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Wwhereas AI offers economic and societal benefits, while at the same time raising a number of ethical, economic, social, employment-related and legal challenges;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses the need for a single, shared, ethical and human-centred European approach to AI; points out that human beings, in particular, must be the drivers and beneficiaries of all innovation processes;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to thoroughly assess the effects orin advance all the potential adverse effects and all the implications of AI applications in companies and in public administration in relation to workers, jobs, work organisation and workflows; considers it indispensable as part of this assessment that workers and their representatives are consulted in advance and receive sufficient information before AI applications are put to use;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that AI solutions have the potential to improve working conditions and the quality of life, yet they can also lead to distortions in the organisation, supervision and monitoring of work; highlights the risk, in particular, of disproportionate and illegal surveillance of workers, and discriminatory treatment due to biased algorithms, including gender biased algorithms3 - and theyAI solutions, in addition, can undermine the dignity and autonomy of people; __________________ 3 European Parliament “‘Education and employment of women in science, technology and the digital economy, including AI and its influence on gender equality”’, April 2020
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need to develop a robust certification system, based on test procedures underpinned by the precautionary principle, enabling businesses to attest that their AI products are reliable and safe, leading to greater benefits for the whole community;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that it should be mandatory for users and consumers to receive all relevant information on the ethical aspects of AI applications so that they may make informed decisionand conscious decisions; stresses the need – in order to seize all the opportunities offered by the digital revolution – to launch large-scale IT literacy processes, with a particular focus on all the disadvantaged social groups at risk of social marginalisation owing to a lack of digital tools and skills;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a legislative framework onn updated and appropriate legislative framework to address the new challenges concerning the ethical aspects of AI applications in the workplace, especially with regard to workers’ rights and working conditions; is of the view that special attention should be paid to all the new forms of work stemming from the implementation of new digital technologies, as in the case of the gig economy and digital platform workers, for whom it is vital to establish European reference legislation as soon as possible; recommends, in this regard, that priority be given to the definition of new rights, such as the right to disconnect, which are needed for all the new types of ‘ubiquitous’ work;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the opinion that in order better to manage the transition to an increasingly systematic use of AI in production processes, provision needs to be made, as soon as possible, for educational and training courses that take into account possible developments in employment and that are able to redirect workers’ skills towards sectors using little AI and robotisation (i.e. re-skilling and up-skilling), limiting the impact on employment levels and ensuring quality jobs and wages;