CONCEPT
Global Worker Voice Network
Fung's proposed transnational participatory structure connecting workers affected by AI-driven transformation of global supply chains — a governance mechanism whose legitimacy derives from democratic deliberation rather than formal authority.
The Global Worker Voice Network is Fung's proposed participatory mechanism for the global level of AI governance. It would connect workers in different countries affected by AI-driven transformation of global supply chains through digital platforms supporting ongoing engagement and periodic in-person gatherings for intensive deliberation. The Network would enable practical knowledge from different national contexts to be shared, compared, and synthesized into collective positions carrying weight in international governance forums. Its governance weight would derive not from formal authority — no existing international institution could grant it binding power — but from the democratic legitimacy of its deliberative process.
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The proposal responds to a specific governance vacuum: AI systems developed in San Francisco can restructure labor markets in Manila, reshape educational practices in Nairobi, alter information environments in Dhaka — without any of the affected populations having access to any governance mechanism through which they might influence the deployment decisions that affect