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Standing Up For Human Value In The AI Economy
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| With Michelle Miller (Dir. Innovation For Center For Labor, Harvard Law School), Amba Kak (Co-Lead, AI Now), Sam Wheeler (Dir., Writers Guild of America East). |
| Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, 455 Fifth Ave |
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Nov 20 (Thu) , 2025 @ 06:30 PM
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Understanding AI with Data & Society | Standing Up for Human Value in the AI Economy
In this closing session of SNFL's fall series with Data & Society, D&S Labor Futures Program Director Aiha Nguyen leads a panel of esteemed researchers in conversation about the value of human labor in increasingly automated workplaces.
This event will take place online & in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor.
Generative AI models are marketed as the next revolution in workplace automation, but they ultimately rely on human labor - from the people labeling content & checking outputs, to the content creators & workers whose data are extracted to build the systems. As management & organizational leaders adopt AI across workplaces, the use of these systems raises questions about how companies are reshaping the quality of work, job security, & the value of human labor. How are workers' lives impacted when AI is used to monitor performance, surveil output, or make intrusive management decisions? Will AI disrupt industries & business models? How can we make sure technology supports workers, rather than undermining them?
To join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, & seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.
To join the event online | Whether you're attending in person or online, you must register with your email address.The Zoom link will be sent to you by email approximately one day before the event. You will need a device with audio and/or video & an internet/cellular connection to join.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Aiha Nguyen leads Data & Society's Labor Futures program, guiding research & engagement that interrogates how technology is disrupting, destabilizing, & transforming many aspects of work & employment. She is author of The Constant Boss: Work Under Digital Surveillance & co-author of Generative AI & Labor: Power, Hype & Value at Work. Prior to joining Data & Society, Aiha worked for a grassroots worker justice organization in Los Angeles.
Amba Kak has spent the last fifteen years designing & advocating for technology policy in the public interest, ranging from network neutrality to privacy to algorithmic accountability, across government, industry, & civil society - & in many parts of the world. She brings this experience to her role co-leading AI Now, a US-based research institute where she leads on advancing diagnosis & actionable policy recommendations to tackle concerns with artificial intelligence & concentrated power.
Michelle Miller is the Director of Innovation for the Center for Labor & a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, where she researches the impact of artificial intelligence & automated software on working women. She joined the Center after a decade as the co-founder & co-director of Coworker, an organization that provides early-stage support to worker-led organizing efforts. Her research & organizing work emphasizes the imaginative capacity, joy, & solidarity of working class life.
Sam Wheeler is the Executive Director of Writers Guild of America East (WGAE). From 2022-2024 he served as the national Executive Director of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Earlier, he was an attorney at Cohen, Weiss, & Simon LLP, where he represented both private & public sector unions.
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