Abstract
AI holds profound consequences for workers and in doing so, raises many regulatory concerns. Although many African countries have serious infrastructural challenges or shortfalls, the production and deployment of AI systems has penetrated several nations on the continent, leading to two related regulatory concerns. The first is around the regulation of labor to encompass those African workers performing low-end work on the development of AI systems; the second is around the sharing of information in authoritarian states and the implications for organized labor and civil society. This article explores these issues, looking at the case of southern and eastern Africa, according to the two largest economies in this area, South Africa and Kenya.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 825-835 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | ILR Review |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 8 Oct 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 8 Oct 2024 |
Keywords
- local labor market conditions
- policy analysis
- policy proposals
- production location decisions
- trade unions
- transition economies
- trends
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Strategy and Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation