“Artificial intelligence is rapidly and extensively changing the world of work, the ways value is created, and decision-making processes. Workers everywhere must have the opportunity to share in the productivity gains created by AI. This gain must be distributed fairly to ensure better wages, stronger job protection, and more inclusive growth,” he said during the annual International Labour Conference, where the overall ILO policy is set.
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Most economic institutions, including the European Central Bank, say that so far AI has had only a small impact on employment. Although AI technologies are developing rapidly, the ILO Director-General said that “the future of work will be determined not only by technologies but also by policy directions, institutions, and social dialogue.”
“The decisions we make today will determine whether AI expands opportunities and overall well-being or deepens inequality and insecurity,” said the former Prime Minister of Togo.
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According to G. Houngbo, possible solutions include investments in skills, strengthening labor and social protection, supporting very small, small, and medium-sized enterprises, and defending fundamental labor principles and rights.
“Ultimately, it is a social and political choice about the future we want,” he said.
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