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AI is changing our working lives – that's why, we need to involve the employees

No longer a scenario of the future, AI is transforming our working lives - and too often without us, the employees, having a say in how. We need to change that.

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Dorrit Brandt, President of Finansforbundet

Artificial intelligence is not just about technology. It's about people. About our working lives, development opportunities and well-being in an increasingly digital sector. 

The movement is developing on so many fronts, and right now, we're at a critical juncture. Studies show that AI will impact virtually every job in the sector. In some areas and functions, it's in full swing; in others, it hasn't really started yet. But I have no doubt: Right now, we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. 

We must seize opportunities and avoid pitfalls

That's why it's time for us to have a debate about what we want with this technology. Because AI provides us with endless new opportunities for freeing up resources, creating value and improving our working lives. On the other hand, it may also lead to new and huge imbalances if we don't ensure participation, transparency and a debate about how we are going to use the tool and the benefits. 

Therefore, we must insist on applying the Danish Labour Market Model, also when it comes to AI. Because it's the collaboration between management and employees which produces sustainable solutions. 

AI represents a profound leap in technology, requiring us to take ownership and maximise control over its development. That we, as a union, are curious, brave and at the forefront of what's coming, because it will affect your working life in the sector.

AI should not evolve separately from employees but rather in collaboration with us. Therefore, we must engage employers in the dialogue.  

"AI må ikke blive noget, der sker rundt om medarbejderne, men noget, der sker sammen med os".
- Dorrit Brandt, formand i Finansforbundet.

Three crucial steps 

That's why Finansforbundet focuses on how this technology may be used responsibly while putting people first.  AI is likely to become a crucial competitive parameter, not only in terms of efficiency, but with respect to quality, innovation and decent working conditions. But that requires us as employee representatives and trade unions to insist on making the digital future a future in which people still come first.

AI is transforming the labour market so profoundly that we, as employees, need to step up our game. We need to join in the discussion on what AI may and should be used for. And then we need to emphasise three fundamental factors:

  • Everything begins and ends with involvement. As the technology ends up with the employees, they should, of course, be involved in the development and use of AI.
  • The dramatic and far-reaching impact of AI will require profound skills enhancement if we are to utilise the technology. It won't just happen; and the companies also need to invest in the area. Together with a number of other organisations and companies participating in the AI Skills Pact ("AI-kompetencepagten"), we have therefore set an ambitious goal of increasing the skills of one million Danes.
  • Last, but not least, we need to focus sharply on ethics and accountability when we talk about AI, because we need a debate on how to deal with everything that this technology could but should absolutely not be used for.