Mandates the Department of Labor to begin a study on the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce within six months. Requires consultation with the Department of Civil Service and the Office of Information Technology Services. Calls for examination of job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy, and security. Obligates the Department of Labor to issue an interim report every five years and a final report by January 1, 2035, with recommendations for legislative action. Prohibits all state departments and governmental entities from using AI to displace any natural person from their employment until the final report and recommendations are received. Ensures immediate effect upon enactment.
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New York A7838 ("Long-term impact of AI on workforce")
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Summary
Mandates the Department of Labor to begin a study on the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce within six months.
Requires consultation with the Department of Civil Service and the Office of Information Technology Services.
Calls for examination of job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy, and security.
Obligates the Department of Labor to issue an interim report every five years and a final report by January 1, 2035, with recommendations for legislative action.
Prohibits all state departments and governmental entities from using AI to displace any natural person from their employment until the final report and recommendations are received.
Ensures immediate effect upon enactment.
Requires the department of labor to study AI's long-term impact on the state workforce.
7838
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
July 7, 2023
Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT in relation to requiring the department of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Requires the department of labor to study AI's long-term workforce impact and report findings periodically until 2035.
Section 1.
- No later than six months after the effective date of this act, the department of labor, in consultation with the department of civil service and the office of information technology services, shall begin a study on the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce including but not limited to job performance, productivity, training, education requirements, privacy and security. The department shall issue an interim report on its current findings and recommendations for legislative action every five years and shall issue a final report and recommendations for legislative action no later than January 1, 2035. The department shall issue its reports and recommendations to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the minority leader of the senate.
Prohibits government entities from using AI to displace employees until final recommendations are received.
- Until the final report and recommendations are received pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section, every state department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental entity performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state shall be prohibited from using artificial intelligence in any way that would displace any natural person from their employment with such state department, board, bureau, division, commission, committee, public authority, public corporation, council, office or other governmental entity.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.