Promotion of AI use

The plan wants to invest in the entire education system and requires massive investments in skills development and education ahead of new technological shifts. The counter-proposal's targeted investment in education on ethical and equitable AI for children and young people, continuing and further education for working professionals and easily accessible information for the elderly, minorities and people with disabilities also responds to the plan's demand for a more inclusive and accessible society and free access to shared knowledge.

• invest in entire education systemdecisive»Vänsterpartiet vill satsa på hela utbildningssystemet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to invest in the entire education system.”
• inclusive and accessible society»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
• skills development in working life»Deras yrkeskompetens behövs också i den gröna omställningen, men för att kunna hantera de nya gröna jobben behövs massiva satsningar på omställningsstöd, kompetensutveckling och utbildning i vad hållbar samhällsutveckling innebär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Their professional skills are also needed in the green transition, but to be able to handle the new green jobs, massive investments are needed in transition support, skills development and education in what sustainable social development means.”
• free access to knowledge»Vi vill bygga upp digitala allmänningar med fri tillgång« (party programme ↗)“We want to build digital commons with free access”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that no one is to be left out of structural transformation when artificial intelligence takes an ever greater role, and demands good opportunities for skills development throughout life. A targeted effort on education in ethical and equal AI use, with particular focus on older people, minorities and persons with disabilities, is precisely that commitment put into practice. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• no one left out of AI transformationdecisive»Ingen lämnas utanför strukturomvandlingen när artificiell intelligens och annan digital« (party programme ↗)“No one is to be left out of structural transformation when artificial intelligence and other digital”
• lifelong learning»Goda möjligheter till kompetensutveckling och omställning genom hela livet.« (party programme ↗)“Good opportunities for skills development and transformation throughout life.”
• participation for all»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed barriers for persons with disabilities to participate in society.”
• integrity in digitalisation»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan requires that technical development come to everyone and that no one be left behind, and that policy take responsibility for everyone being given the opportunity to transform and further their education. A targeted investment in education about ethical and equitable AI for children and young people and easily accessible information for the elderly, minorities and persons with disabilities is precisely that commitment. The plan also gives school an explicit task to give pupils tools to understand and influence digitalization.

• no one left behind in digitalizationdecisive»Den tekniska utvecklingen ska komma alla till del och ingen ska lämnas efter.« (party programme ↗)“Technical development shall come to everyone and no one shall be left behind.”
• policy responsibility for retraining»att politiken tar ansvar för att alla ges möjligheten att ställa om och vidareutbilda sig.« (party programme ↗)“that policy takes responsibility for everyone being given the opportunity to transform and further their education.”
• digital knowledge in school»Skolan ska även ge elever verktyg för att förstå och påverka digitaliseringen« (party programme ↗)“School shall also give pupils tools to understand and influence digitalization”

The party programme states that everyone on equal terms must be part of the digital market and that digitalization on equal terms is a prerequisite for democracy, which supports the counter-proposal's demand for easily accessible information with particular focus on older people, minorities and persons with disabilities. The election manifesto makes education from preschool to adult education a core part of the democratic project and demands better support for further training. A targeted educational initiative on AI follows from these commitments.

• digital inclusion for alldecisive»Alla ska på lika villkor vara en del av den digitala marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone must on equal terms be part of the digital market.”
• education as democratic project»Även bildning i bred mening, från förskolan till universiteten till den livslånga folkbildningen, är en bärande del av det demokratiska projektet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Education in the broad sense, from preschool to universities to lifelong adult education, is also a core part of the democratic project.”
• lifelong learning for all»Alla som vill ska ha möjlighet att utbilda sig genom hela livet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Everyone who wishes must have the opportunity to educate themselves throughout life.”
• further training for working people»Svensk arbetsmarknad behöver både mer flexibilitet och mer trygghet. Stödet vid omställning och vidareutbildning måste bli bättre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish labour market needs both more flexibility and more security. Support for transition and further training must be improved.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that knowledge, creativity and critical thinking shall permeate school and that there is a need for increased awareness of how personal data is handled digitally. A targeted initiative on education about ethical AI for children and young people and easily accessible information to all citizens is one means for this. The plan's demand that the individual always shall be able to learn new things supports the demand for further and continuing education, and the accessibility principle supports the focus on elderly and persons with disabilities.

• critical thinking in schooldecisive»Kunskap, kreativitet och kritiskt tänkande ska genomsyra skolan.« (party programme ↗)“Knowledge, creativity and critical thinking shall permeate school.”
• awareness of data handling»Det behövs en ökad medvetenhet om företags lagring av personuppgifter exempelvis på nätet och i kunddatabaser.« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for increased awareness of companies' storage of personal data for example online and in customer databases.”
• further and continuing education»Den enskilde ska alltid ha många möjligheter att lära nytt och utvecklas.« (party programme ↗)“The individual shall always have many opportunities to learn something new and develop.”
• digital accessibility for all»En central princip är därför att alla offentliga funktioner som till en rimlig kostnad kan göras digitalt tillgängliga också ska göras digitalt tillgängliga.« (party programme ↗)“A central principle is therefore that all public functions that can be made digitally accessible at reasonable cost shall also be made digitally accessible.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes professional development throughout one's working life a matter of the greatest importance and requires that public information systems be designed with high accessibility requirements. The school shall moreover embody and convey wisdom, justice and civic courage, which supports investment in teaching about ethical AI use. Access to digital tools for the elderly is also an explicit commitment. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's demands, although without mentioning AI.

• lifelong professional developmentdecisive»kompetensutveckling under hela yrkeslivet är av allra största vikt« (party programme ↗)“professional development throughout one's working life is of the greatest importance”
• accessible information systems»informationssystem utformas med höga krav på tillgänglighet« (party programme ↗)“information systems are designed with high accessibility requirements”
• ethical education in school»Innebörden och budskapet i begrepp som klokhet, rättvisa, solidaritet och civilkurage« (party programme ↗)“The meaning and message in concepts such as wisdom, justice, solidarity and civic courage”
• digital tools for the elderly»Bryt äldres ofrivilliga ensamhet och isolering genom äldresamtal i alla kommuner, gemenskapsfrämjande insatser i omsorgen samt digitala hjälpmedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End involuntary isolation and loneliness for the elderly through elder talks in all municipalities, community-promoting measures in care, and digital tools.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's school policy is to focus on measurable factual knowledge, expand teaching time and reduce documentation requirements, because the school's main task is to convey knowledge. A special initiative on teaching ethical and equal AI use, with targeted information to identified groups, is a new task that pulls in the opposite direction. The plan moreover requires that policy prioritises and chooses to exclude.

• focus on factual knowledgedecisive»Fokusera på mätbara faktakunskaper, med inspiration från Finlands läroplan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Focus on measurable factual knowledge, inspired by Finland's curriculum”
• the school's main task is knowledge»skolans förmåga att klara sitt huvuduppdrag att förmedla« (party programme ↗)“the school's ability to fulfil its main task of conveying”
• relieve the school»Minska lärarnas dokumentationskrav« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce teachers' documentation requirements”
• prioritise and choose to exclude»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort« (party programme ↗)“Policy has an important task to prioritise and choose to exclude”

The counter-proposal wants to see a targeted investment in education for children and young people on ethical and equitable AI use with special focus on specified groups. The plan's main education policy commitment is to end political experiments on children and young people, restore a knowledge-focused school with proven pedagogy and keep teaching free from political positions and indoctrination. The plan simultaneously sees young people's computer interest as an asset, but the value-laden approach the plan argues against.

• no political experiments on young peopledecisive»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End political experiments on Sweden's children and young people”
• knowledge-focused school»Återupprätta en kunskapsfokuserad skola genom beprövad pedagogik och fokus på traditionellt lärande med lika villkor på alla skolor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restore a knowledge-focused school through proven pedagogy and focus on traditional learning with equal conditions at all schools”
• teaching free from indoctrination»Förskolan ska vara fri från politiska ställningstaganden och indoktrinering och ska verka för att barnen lär sig vikten av demokrati, eget tänkande och att få bilda sig sin egen uppfattning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Pre-school shall be free from political positions and indoctrination and shall work for children to learn the importance of democracy, independent thinking and forming their own opinions.”
• digital competence as an asset»Det stora datorintresse som återfinns bland många unga kan också utgöra en stor tillgång i vårt allt mer digitaliserade samhälle.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The great interest in computers that is found among many young people can also be a great asset in our increasingly digitalized society.”