Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office is launching a series of listening sessions to help shape the state’s response to how artificial intelligence could change jobs.
The first session held Wednesday included women working in administrative, clerical, customer service and similar roles that could be reshaped by the technology.
According to the governor’s office, women make up 84% of New York’s administrative back-office workforce.
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The 20-member FutureWorks Commission will study ways to track AI’s impact and consider steps the state and private sector could take to support workers, families and small businesses.
The governor said the move is intended to prevent the type of decimation to communities she said she witnessed when manufacturing plants left her Western New York hometown in the past.
“As New York continues to lead the nation on AI and tech innovation, I’m fighting to ensure that progress doesn’t come at the expense of working New Yorkers,” Hochul said in a statement. “I launched the FutureWorks Commission to make sure New Yorkers’ voices are heard and our workers are protected as AI continues to impact New Yorkers’ jobs and the future of our economy.
Additional sessions will include workers from a range of backgrounds, along with small businesses and other stakeholders.
The commission is expected to deliver its recommendations by the end of the year.