Artificial intelligence and jobs

“Rewarding companies that keep human jobs, rather than outsourcing to AI”

“This kind of technology will be transformative for humanity with potential for incredible strides in health and research, but it must be strictly regulated to protect American jobs and maintain trust amongst deepfakes and misinformation.”

“Earlier this year, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act to transfer 50% equity from the largest AI companies into public hands. The El-Sayed campaign proposes to take that one step further to give Americans a seat at the table to determine the future of this transformational technology, protect American jobs, and establish guardrails to keep us safe and ultimately benefit everyone, not just tech CEOs.”

“Against data centers raising costs, guardrails on AI to protect our kids and jobs.”

“To address the risk of massive automation of our jobs, I support exploring income protection programs such as wage insurance and basic income, worker investment through unions, adjusting our tax system to stop penalizing human employment and rewarding automation, and investment in small business revolving loan funds.”

“Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive AI surveillance in the workplace; use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, rather than to eliminate them; create pathways for workers to move into higher-skilled, better-paying roles as the economy evolves; ensure AI companies follow the same copyright laws as everyone else; include worker voices in government-funded AI research and development, and defend the right to transparency and human review for automated decisionmaking around promotions, discipline, and terminations.”

“Automation Levy: A per-worker-equivalent tax on AI-driven automation, reinvested in workers to do the following:”

“We must institute a per-worker-equivalent tax on AI-driven automation to reinvest in an annual AI dividend, expanded Unemployment Benefits and Wage Insurance, and our communities throughout the state.”

“Establish an AI Dividend: Institute a tax on the AI-attributable profits and use that tax to issue annual dividends to Americans and pay for entrepreneurship grants, so every citizen owns a piece of the growth of AI profits.”

“AI was built on our data and our labor; we should own a piece of it. Senator Bernie Sanders’s American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would transfer 50% equity from the largest AI companies into public hands. I support that effort and propose to take it one step further because Americans deserve a seat at the table.”

“Annual AI Dividend: Proceeds fund a direct annual dividend to every American.”

“We must institute a per-worker-equivalent tax on AI-driven automation to reinvest in an annual AI dividend, expanded Unemployment Benefits and Wage Insurance, and our communities throughout the state.”

“Divesting all frontier AI labs from the Big Tech giants like Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. I called for public ownership—with 50% of equity owned by the American people—and an AI dividend.”

“Establish an AI Dividend: Institute a tax on the AI-attributable profits and use that tax to issue annual dividends to Americans and pay for entrepreneurship grants, so every citizen owns a piece of the growth of AI profits.”

“Earlier this year, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act to transfer 50% equity from the largest AI companies into public hands. The El-Sayed campaign proposes to take that one step further to give Americans a seat at the table to determine the future of this transformational technology, protect American jobs, and establish guardrails to keep us safe and ultimately benefit everyone, not just tech CEOs.”

“AI was built on our data and our labor; we should own a piece of it. Senator Bernie Sanders’s American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would transfer 50% equity from the largest AI companies into public hands. I support that effort and propose to take it one step further because Americans deserve a seat at the table.”

“Establish an AI Dividend: Institute a tax on the AI-attributable profits and use that tax to issue annual dividends to Americans and pay for entrepreneurship grants, so every citizen owns a piece of the growth of AI profits.”

“Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive AI surveillance in the workplace; use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, rather than to eliminate them; create pathways for workers to move into higher-skilled, better-paying roles as the economy evolves; ensure AI companies follow the same copyright laws as everyone else; include worker voices in government-funded AI research and development, and defend the right to transparency and human review for automated decisionmaking around promotions, discipline, and terminations.”

“Ensure America continues to lead the world in the quality of its tech workforce: Invest in STEM education to foster the next generation of responsible tech leaders, as well as programs like Registered Apprenticeships aimed at re-training workers displaced or at risk of being displaced by AI so they can excel in industry-leading technology jobs.”

“We must institute a per-worker-equivalent tax on AI-driven automation to reinvest in an annual AI dividend, expanded Unemployment Benefits and Wage Insurance, and our communities throughout the state.”

“To address the risk of massive automation of our jobs, I support exploring income protection programs such as wage insurance and basic income, worker investment through unions, adjusting our tax system to stop penalizing human employment and rewarding automation, and investment in small business revolving loan funds.”

“Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive AI surveillance in the workplace; use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, rather than to eliminate them; create pathways for workers to move into higher-skilled, better-paying roles as the economy evolves; ensure AI companies follow the same copyright laws as everyone else; include worker voices in government-funded AI research and development, and defend the right to transparency and human review for automated decisionmaking around promotions, discipline, and terminations.”

“Ensure AI works for working people: Protect workers from invasive AI surveillance in the workplace; use AI to make jobs safer and less repetitive, rather than to eliminate them; create pathways for workers to move into higher-skilled, better-paying roles as the economy evolves; ensure AI companies follow the same copyright laws as everyone else; include worker voices in government-funded AI research and development, and defend the right to transparency and human review for automated decisionmaking around promotions, discipline, and terminations.”

“While more capable machines hold real promise in improving our lives, unregulated, they also threaten to steal our jobs, hijack our minds, worsen our isolation, and harm our children.”