{"id":4415,"date":"2020-02-04T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpz.medienlabor-hosting.de\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T13:57:59","slug":"opportunities-and-challenges-posed-by-new-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/opportunities-and-challenges-posed-by-new-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunities and challenges posed by new technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the event \u201cMeasuring Tomorrow\u2019s Work and Economy\u201d Das Progressive Zentrum in cooperation with Policy Network presented the insights of a common study on the opportunities and challenges posed by new technology in the world of work. The study takes a comparative approach to investigate recent trends and policy approaches in the UK, France, and Germany. The following opinion piece reflects on the content and subsequent discussion of the issues at hand.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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The study offers insights into how policy-makers in Europe\u2019s three largest economies can shape an emerging world of work and businesses that is heavily altered by new technologies. As the key challenges, the authors identify a crisis of cognition, the emergence of artificial intelligence and the underlying transformation of the skills demand (from what<\/em> to think to ways<\/em> to think).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A discussion with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Darren Jones<\/strong>, MP, Labour Party<\/li>
  • Daniel Korski<\/strong>, Co-founder and CEO, PUBLIC<\/a><\/li>
  • Alan Lockey<\/strong>, Head of Future Work Centre, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce<\/a> (RSA)<\/li>
  • Florian Ranft<\/strong>, Head of Economic and Social Transformation, Das Progressive Zentrum<\/li>
  • Anna Thomas<\/strong>, Director, Institute for the Future of Work<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Testing new regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Throughout the event, it became clear that there is a need for more digital literacy in parliament and government. There is simply not enough expertise in Whitehall, let alone a grasp of matters like AI by ministers. With this situation, any regulation is constantly playing catch up instead of actively shaping our digital world<\/strong>. The pace by which digital innovation shapes the structural and workflow processes in organisations is far too fast for any meaningful regulation yet \u2013 regardless of its national, regional or international domain. Hence, policymakers have little and slow instruments to deploy in the face of disruptive transformations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Often, oversimplified solutions are advanced, such as introducing taxation on big tech companies. Although valuable, this is only one piece of the puzzle, which requires a deeper understanding and multiple different strategies. One way to address the need for a proper catch up is to allow for regulatory sandboxing<\/a> \u2013 live experiments of new technologies in a defined social environment \u2013 when there appears to be a considerable social value.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Need for Dialogue and Co-determination<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    At first glance, high levels of employment across developed economies suggest that the notion of mass unemployment due to automation and technological change has its flaws. However, this assessment distorts an appropriate understanding of the conditions of workers in the UK. The seemingly good employment figures blur the extent to which they are based on \u201ccasual\u201d and insecure work. Precarious work contracts and terms have risen either alongside the trend of digitalisation in the economy or as a direct result of new technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A healthy level of unionisation, especially in the private sector, is needed to negotiate fair and good working conditions<\/strong>. This also requires institutional mechanisms in place which focus on co-determination between unions and management. In doing so, policymakers can foster trust and promote dialogue to innovate the ways in which new technologies and AI are employed in the workspace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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