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Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize impact

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The International Longshoremen's Association represents 45,000 dock workers who walked off the job Tuesday .

The union is demanding, along with hefty pay raises, a ban on the automation of gates, cranes and trucks.

It's unclear whether they'll be able to stave off a trend that has seeped into virtually every workspace.

The growth of automation and technological advances have created tension between workers and management since the Industrial Revolution .

ChatGPT is a generative AI tool that can compose essays, write computer code and engage in conversations.

In September , video game performers reached an agreement after striking with 80 games.

Hollywood screenwriters concerned that scripts would soon be written by artificial intelligence won protections against the use of AI last year .

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