13 Amendments of Loucas FOURLAS related to 2020/2216(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the digital transformation affects the field of education, which is about to undergo the most substantial change since the introduction of compulsory education; stresses that, according to some estimates, 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in new job types that do not yet exist; highlights that digital literacy is an essential skill and there is a need to ensure equal access to these skills as well as to digital equipment as highlighted by the COVID-19 related challenge of remote teaching and learning;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Acknowledging the potential of AI to increase productivity, improve jobs’ quality and allow workers to focus on more gratifying and less dangerous tasks;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the future regulatory framework for AI in the European Union should ensure that workers’ rights are fully respected and adapted to the new forms of work relations and work organisation, in a way that secures jobs and improves upon wages and working conditions, while safeguarding the quality of employment; stresses, in addition, that the European AI framework should respect European values, Union rules and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; and should be based on the High-level Expert Group Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI1a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/ethics-guidelines- trustworthy-ai
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that AI can be an effective tool for enforcing the rules on online content, such as illegal content or fake news, through automated content filtering, and can also be used to implement the ‘notice, take down and stay down’ mechanisms; stresses, however, that AI may pose challenges to fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression, as well as access to information, cultural diversity and media pluralism; points out that the digital single market should be driven by the principle that "what is illegal offline is also illegal online";
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that AI must serve exclusively as an aid tocomplement and augment human performance and comply with all rules ensuring respect for fundamental rights, including the protection of personal data and privacy, and the prohibitincluding the relevant GDPR provisions of arbitraryn the automated individual decision-making, including profiling;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates the importance of such cooperation for better and timely monitoring and data gathering, with the aim of anticipating new types of jobs and necessary skills, and in general the short and long-term impact of AI on the labour market;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the use of AI applications, algorithms and process development affecting all aspects of work and workers’ rights, such as recruitment processes, must not discriminate against workers and vulnerable groups or reinforce inequalities and bias on the pretext of gender, age, disability or nationality, health condition and motherhood;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to improve labour conditions for platform workers in its upcoming legislative proposal with full respect of their labour rights in order to guarantee healthy and safe working environments, quality employment and wages, the right to disconnect, the obligation of employers to offer perpetual digital retraining, and full, transparent checks of employees’ online identity;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to update the European Skills Agenda and the Digital Education Action Plan, so that workers can upskill and become qualified for the challenges of the future world of work; calls on the Member States to update their national vocational and professional training and upskilling programmes so as to ensure digital literacy and promote digital inclusion (οn average, 16 % of EU workers fear that digitalisation will render their skills outdated2 ) and address a possibly increasing divide between highly skilled and low-skilled workers; __________________ 2 Cedefop, ‘Artificial or human intelligence? Digitalisation and the future of jobs and skills: opportunities and risks’, p. 3.
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the need to design education and training modules for mid- career professionals to allow themselves to re-skill and prepare for job transitions;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the need to integrate STEM courses in different education levels as well as transversal and horizontal soft skills and critical thinking;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses the importance of mobilising available EU funds in order to boost the uptake of AI by SMEs and enable them to have better access to datasets of good quality, as well as attract talent;
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve occupational health and safety regulations in the context of human-machine synergies and to safeguard workers’ psychological and mental balance through expert support and an EU directive on work-related stress.