Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1251534
Attendees at CES get a first look at a new flying robot. "[Also,] the definition of technology is really important. They want to make it a very small definition, but whether it's algorithms, platforms, or robotics or automation, it's really important to have that in a comprehensive definition." Taylor — whose union is one of the fastest growing in America with 300,000 members in the hotel, gaming, food service and transportation industries — added, "Then we were honest with workers. We said, 'Listen, these jobs are going to be in three different categories. We're going to have to get some retraining in your job to do it with the technology. Your job's going to be a combo. You're going to work with technology in a totally different way, but you're not going to be left behind. And then there are going to be some losers.' I hate to say that, [but] there'll be some severance issues." A second panel focused on deepfakes and the lack of regulation governing platform companies today. It featured Wael AbdAlmageed, co-director of the Center for Vision, Image, Speech and Text Analytics, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Information Sciences Institute; Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's COO and general counsel; Chris Nichols, director of Chaos Group Labs; Andy Stack, founder and president of Arcturus; and Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab. Journalist Carolyn Giardina moderated. Rapidly evolving technologies are expected National Executive Director David White speaks on the The Ethics of Transformation: How to Protect Workers in a Rapidly Evolving Technological Environment panel. SHANE O'NEAL