一国党的巴纳比·乔伊斯希望用 AI 取代退休公务员。堪培拉 —— 澳大利亚联邦公务员最大工会表示，政府必须停止阻挠在人工智能推广过程中提出的“合理诉求”，此前一国党议员巴纳比·乔伊斯告诉《政客》杂志，退休官僚应被 AI 工具取代以提高生产力。
One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce wants retiring public servants replaced with AI. CANBERRA — The biggest union for Australia’s federal public servants has said the government must stop blocking “sensible claims” on worker protections during artificial intelligence rollouts, as One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce told POLITICO retiring bureaucrats should be replaced with AI tools to drive productivity.
社区与公共部门工会在与代表联邦政府谈判的公共服务委员会的薪资和条件谈判中，在 AI 问题上陷入僵局。该工会希望将更多对 AI 及其影响的控制权交到工人手中。
The Community and Public Sector Union is deadlocked on the issue in pay and conditions talks with the Public Service Commission, which negotiates on behalf of the federal government. The union wants more control of AI and its impacts put into workers’ hands.
正在进行的谈判若达成任何协议，将为这 19.6 万名公共部门员工锁定长达三年的 AI 现状。考虑到 AI 技术的发展速度，以及政府面临的压缩公共开支压力，此次谈判至关重要。
Any agreement reached in the ongoing talks will lock in an AI status quo for three years for the 196,000-person public-sector workforce. Given the pace of development in AI technologies, and the growing pressure on the government to rein in public spending, there’s a lot riding on the talks.
“两年前我参加代表大会时，AI 可能只会被提及。现在我参加的每一次代表大会都会提到 AI 以及对强有力职场保护的需求，”社区与公共部门工会全国书记丽贝卡·福西特于 10 月 30 日在议会关于 AI 使用的调查中表示。
“When I used to go to delegate’s meetings two years ago, AI might have been mentioned. Now AI and the need for strong workplace protections is mentioned at every single delegate’s meeting that I go to,” CPSU national secretary Rebecca Fawcett told a parliamentary inquiry into the use of AI on Oct. 30.