Government releases AI guidelines for business amid lay-off fears

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Draft AI guidelines for businesses will attempt to cushion workers against lay-offs while securing the tech's productivity benefits.

But there is a third way, the government insists, as it released draft voluntary guidelines for adopting AI on Thursday.

The guidelines warn that rushing headlong into incorporating the technology could harm companies unless they plan carefully and thoroughly equip their workforces.

The government is trying to cushion workers against widely predicted AI-driven mass lay-offs, but Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth acknowledged automation was part of the workforce-wide transition.

“While current research indicates that AI is much more likely to augment roles rather than automate them in the medium term, we understand some roles may be automated,” she said in a speech to the AFR’s AI forum.

“Businesses should look at how they can continue to make the most of their existing workers’ skills and experience.”

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The new guidelines advise companies to consult staff about implementing AI, and to understand exactly what they want to achieve with the technology before they adopt it, rather than just directing their workers to use it.

Onboarding it clumsily or with a “bolt-on” approach could actually harm businesses, Rishworth said, even as Labor is leaning heavily on AI to prop up national productivity.

Australians also largely mistrusted the technology, which would delay its prophesied benefits, the minister added.

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