Is the Artificial-intelligence surveillance at work a good thing or bad thing? Technology has transformed the way people work. While it is believed by some that surveillance at work has a positive effect on both companies and individuals, others think that this behaviour does more harm than good. In my opinion, I strongly support the former view. First of all, surveillance at work improves productivity for companies. The reason for this is because surveillance at work allows the manager to have extraordinary control over the staff. For example, the manager will find out whether the staff is dozing off during work hours. In addition, by analyzing the data gathered from workers, AI helps the manager to ensure that pay rises and promotions go to those who deserve them. Besides, staff will benefit from the surveillance too. This is because AI can check that employees are wearing safety gears and no one has been harmed at the factory floor. However, surveillance at work comes with negatives too. One of the major drawbacks of surveillance is that employees would have little privacy. This is because few laws govern how data should be collected at work, and staff may unguardedly consent to surveillance when they sign their employment contract. Additionally, AI-system may have some unintended consequences. For example, when the work performance is based on staff's productivity, older staff may less likely to excel young workers, which is apparently unfair to for older staff. Taken together, although surveillance at work can be an invasion of privacy and a biased tool to judge staff's capability, I personally think the benefits of doing this, such as boosting productivity and keeping staff safe, eventually outweigh any of the negatives.