Manifesto Core / DerivedTechnology, AI and Human-Scale Life
Artificial Intelligence
AI may be used as a tool but should not displace human judgment merely because automation is technically possible or economically efficient.
Policy catalogueTechnology, AI and Human-Scale Life
Manifesto CoreTechnology: General Doctrine
Technological development is not synonymous with human progress, and should be judged by its effects on autonomy, family, community and work.
Position
Technological development is not synonymous with human progress. Technology should be judged by whether it strengthens or weakens autonomy, family life, community, meaningful work, privacy, decentralization and the natural environment.
Principle
The machine must adapt itself to man.
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Automation
Automation may remove genuinely degrading labour, but removing human participation from productive activity is not an unquestioned good.
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Cash and Non-Digital Access
Citizens should retain meaningful access to physical money and to face-to-face public services.
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Right to Repair
Citizens should retain meaningful access to repairable products, against unnecessary disposability and technological lock-in.
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