Lawmakers sound the alarm on AI's impact on children, jobs

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Some lawmakers are sounding the alarm about the impact of artificial intelligence on Americans, including children, as the technology becomes increasingly common.

In separate interviews on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) warned of the dangers AI can have on American democracy and called for technology companies to face accountability for their creations.

"This is the most consequential technology in the history of humanity,” Sanders told host Jake Tapper. “It will transform our country. It will transform the world."

Sanders indicated he is concerned that those interested in creating or controlling AI — including Elon Musk — are only doing so to become richer.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lawmakers-sound-alarm-ai-impact-163647333.html

[Nictuku]

1. I've been in IT since 2000. I don't like AI, and mostly avoid it

I've been retired for 4 years now, and AI had not been in my realm. Lucky me!

I see it as a 2-edged sword, so many fantastic benefits, and so many fantastic ways to abuse it to Grift/Steal/Scam. My official position is that it MUST BE REGULATED.

I digress...

My observations on people close to me (ex husband, for example), seem to rely on it intensely! It is kind of scary. He is a writer, and was using it initially for historical information, but now I hear him asking it every question. He called me for tech support, which I gladly give, until he says: But Chappy (or whatever it is called) said to do this and this and this... I was like: Do you want me to help you or ChatGPT? It was funny.

It turns out the ChatGPT info was too general for too many different platforms. Once I got him to put that down, we figured out the issue he had. It made me feel useful again. (a good thing!)

So, I feel that using it is kind of inevitable, but I think that the level of use should be considered. (it should not be a crutch for using your own brain or even google)

So, I ended up having to use it myself recently, and here are my observations:

I had a friend advise me to use it to look into a legal issue involving property ownership and California's Medicaid (MediCAL) to get some answers I needed about laws changing, and so that was my first entry into actually using it for something.

The first answer it gave me was too general, and once I narrowed down the legal issue I was trying to determine it gave me the correct answer that I had already understood to be the new law.

But I felt better after getting that confirmation.

Overall, my advice (from an old IT person) use it with a grain of salt, and don't forget how to use your brain.