Its legal but is it ethical?
Amazon installed machine learning-powered cameras in its delivery vans earlier this year.
The companyrecently toldits drivers they must agree to use them.
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The practice of on-the-job surveillance may be legal, but not everyone agrees it’s ethical.
The permission form lets AI-powered cameras watch drivers' location, movement, and biometric data.
Employees who dont sign the document could be fired.
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“This includes recording every time the subject yawns or scratches a sensitive area,” he added.
“A driver has at least some right to a semblance of privacy while inside their vehicles.”
Software developerEnaible provides productivity toolsbased on AI software.
Because AI technology is relatively new, there arent concrete guidelines around its use concerning privacy, ODriscoll said.
“Companies should ideally have legitimate reasons (such as safety) for AI surveillance,” she added.
In 2019, theAlgorithmic Accountability Actwas introduced into the House and Senate, but it was ultimately rejected.
So any debate about driver policy will become a moot point as the fleet becomes fully autonomous."
