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The Replace Human Bill
Taxing companies that replace human workers with AI
Establishes the New York workforce stabilization act; requires certain businesses to conduct artificial intelligence impact assessments on the application and use of such artificial intelligence and to submit such impact assessments to the department of labor prior to the implementation of the artificial intelligence; establishes a surcharge on certain corporations that use artificial intelligence or data mining or have greater than a threshold number of employees displaced by artificial intelligence of a rate of 2% of the corporation's business income base; defines data mining.
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This bill would force large companies to report how they use AI and pay a new tax if they use it to replace human workers.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
Big companies are rushing to use artificial intelligence to cut costs and fire workers. This bill would pump the brakes. It would force businesses to explain exactly how their AI works and what personal data it uses. If a large company uses robots or AI to lay off a big chunk of its staff, it would have to pay a two percent tax penalty. It would also tax companies that use AI to mine data. This is a bold move to protect human jobs and hold tech-hungry corporations accountable.
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The facts
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- Would require companies with over 100 employees to test AI systems before using them.
- Would force businesses to report how many workers they expect to replace with AI.
- Would charge a two percent tax on companies that fire a certain number of workers because of automation.
- Would charge a two percent tax on companies that use AI to mine data.
- Would allow the state to waive the tax for farms or businesses facing a real worker shortage.
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