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Occupational safety and health equity impacts of artificial intelligence: A scoping review
Fisher E , Flynn MA , Pratap P , Vietas JA . Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 20 (13) Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to either reduce or exacerbate occupational safety and health (OSH) inequities in the workplace, and its impact will be mediated by numerous factors. This paper anticipates challenges to ensuring that the OSH benefits of technological advances are equitably distributed among social groups, industries, job arrangements, and geographical regions. A scoping review was completed to summarize the recent literature on AI's role in promoting OSH equity. The scoping review was designed around three concepts: artificial intelligence, OSH, and health equity. Scoping results revealed 113 articles relevant for inclusion. The ways in which AI presents barriers and facilitators to OSH equity are outlined along with priority focus areas and best practices in reducing OSH disparities and knowledge gaps. The scoping review uncovered priority focus areas. In conclusion, AI's role in OSH equity is vastly understudied. An urgent need exists for multidisciplinary research that addresses where and how AI is being adopted and evaluated and how its use is affecting OSH across industries, wage categories, and sociodemographic groups. OSH professionals can play a significant role in identifying strategies that ensure the benefits of AI in promoting workforce health and wellbeing are equitably distributed. |
Keeping pace with the AI revolution: considerations for OHS professionals
Vietas JA . Synergist 2022 33 (6) 20-23 AI and autonomous systems are already part of everyday life, and the pace of change is only expected to increase. According to Stanford's 2021 AI Index Report, 101,000 AI-related patents were issued in 2019, up from 78,000 in 2018. In 2020, AI startup companies received more than $40 billion in private investment across the globe, including almost $24 billion in the United States, an increase of 9.3 percent since 2019. Furthermore, AI is becoming more affordable due to increases in computer speed and storage space. For example, the cost per entrant for image recognition, which refers to a computer's ability to identify and categorize an image, decreased from $1,100 in 2015 to $7.43 in 2020. AI can improve the efficiency of tasks performed by programming and recognition tools, many of which are integrated seamlessly into everyday life. Can't decide what movie or show to watch? AI technology can suggest one for you. Don't have the time to vacuum the living room? An AI-controlled robotic vacuum can take care of that. The same technology displays advertisements catering to your interests as you use social media, browse the web, or use smartphone apps. While some people welcome and appreciate these applications of technology, others might find targeted advertising and the intrusion of advanced technologies into their lives unnerving, unwelcome, and discomforting. So, why should occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals be aware of this technology? NIOSH and other safety and health organizations recognize that AI is increasingly becoming part of many operations in the workplace. Accordingly, OHS research is beginning to focus on how AI may influence work practices and impact the safety, health, and well-being of workers. |
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