AI Is Changing Work. Here’s What We Should Do Next.

An argument, not a news report. I served in the leadership of police, then at ministerial level in government where running the country's technology was mine, and as an ambassador. For the last four years I have been building with AI tools myself — researching them, vibe coding, watching where they break.

This is a three-part proposal — a leash on the machine, a school that raises editors instead of typists, and a register and fund so nobody disappears quietly — checked against the actual laws in Connecticut, New York, California and Australia.

I wrote the argument first, then checked it against the laws that actually exist. Some of it holds. Some of it does not, and I show you which is which.

CHAPTERS
00:00 The beast is out
01:49 Two futures
03:40 The leash
05:59 The school
10:01 The work
15:07 Where this actually stands
17:10 Our choice

SOURCES — every figure traces to one of these. Where reporting is thin or sources disagree, we say so on screen.
  - businessinsider.com
  - ct.gov
  - nysenate.gov
  - pm.gov.au
  - legiscan.com
  - fastdemocracy.com
  - layoffs.fyi
  - bcg.com
  - spglobal.com
  - shrm.org
  - forbes.com
  - informationweek.com
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  - thenextweb.com
  - natlawreview.com
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  - hklaw.com
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  - gtlaw.com.au
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  - fpf.org
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  - transparencycoalition.ai
  - safeaiaus.org
  - nexford.edu
  - nemko.com

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