Tech Unionization

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TechUnionization is a space for tech workers to organize against corporate greed, unethical AI deployment, and the industry’s growing role in climate destruction, war, and surveillance. With mass layoffs, worker exploitation, and the rise of techno-fascism, it’s more important than ever to push for ethical workplaces, AI safety, job security, and corporate accountability. Join us in demanding a future where our labor benefits workers and society—not just the wealthy.

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[Mod] I'm an AI Developer who strongly believes in AI Safety (self.techunionization)

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I believe AI is the road to a greater utopia. But that on the way it’s much more likely to create a dystopia of surveillance, unemployment, class struggle, etc. I believe that tech workers are the only people who can decide which route this technology takes, by saying no to employers who push for unethical practices or who fail to engage in AI safety. In order to do that, we need powerful unions, not just of AI workers but tech workers in general. Tech is such an impactful industry, it’s essential that workers regulate it rather than billionaires. We can see how tech has cozy’d up to the Trump administration. We all experience frequent mergers and layoffs. We all know everything we do is being logged by surveillance systems produced by the tech industry. And we all know that our high salaries and benefits will not last long if AI begins writing the majority of code. Push for human in the loop systems that protect our jobs, that move us into AI safety, and that give us a political say in our bosses greed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

AI is the road to a greater utopia

How is it possible when only a few companies can handle systems of such size? You would need to make it available to everyone but I don't believe people have ever been ready to change from the preinstalled applications on their phones or computers.

by saying no to employers [...] we need powerful unions

It's unrelated to IT and a problem that we've had for centuries. In the end, you need to eat.

our high salaries

lol what? Where do you live?

[–] artificialfish 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It’s possible via government enforcement of ai safety standards, potentially even nationalization, but most importantly via workers refusing to implement unethical systems.

I’m confused about your installation argument. AI is preinstalled on the new Windows and Mac machines. AI operators will be as important for office work as GPT is for developer acceleration these days.

Well it’s a problem related to IT for us as IT workers. And in the end we wouldn’t have most of the benefits we receive in the USA and Europe without workers movements of the 20th century, like the weekend. But obviously worker unions should collaborate, like CWA joining code and journalists.

I live in the USA. A good AI researcher can easily make $400k in the states. But if you don’t like your salary, unionize.