We talked last week about the presence of artificial intelligence—AI—in online healthcare, like Utah allowing residents to get their prescriptions refilled online by an AI chatbot, and Pennsylvania’s efforts to prevent AI chatbots from falsely presenting themselves as licensed medical professionals.
With AI creeping into so many aspects of our life (this newsletter is 100% generated by human beings, FYI), we’d like to know:
How do you feel about the idea of AI becoming more integrated into everyday life?
Here’s what you’re saying:
“I am against AI taking over and presenting itself as human. Resources should not be allocated to AI and data centers rather than needy citizens.”
— E, Garnet Valley
“The problem with AI, I believe, is with who is profiting from its growth and people’s reliance on things that are yet another seemingly harmless thing. The growth (and therefore profit) of AI is the rich getting richer, and all the rest of us paying the price. I realize that we can’t stop it, but I sure hope we can slow it down enough that it doesn’t eat us alive.”
— Jana, Delaware County
“I don’t see any positive use for it at all. When are we going to become a country that puts its citizens first?”
— Catherine Freimiller, Philadelphia
“I look forward to it. I like to think about the ways it’s going to be used that will be helpful and help bring changes to our ways of living in a positive manner. AI will revolutionize the way we live and it will have a significant impact, where I can envision a wonderful world full of human creativity and kindness and help from AI. The more we think about how good it’s going to be, the more positive an outcome will occur. There’s no sense fighting it, it’s coming. Resistance doesn’t help anyone. A positive outlook and thinking of ways in which it can be beneficial is the best course of action in my opinion.”
— Shannon, Luzerne County
“AI can be/will be used to violate our right to privacy. I do not want to live in a surveillance society where an authoritarian government can totally lock down people’s lives and freedoms.”
— N.B., Greensburg
Let us know how you feel. Reply below with your answer, and please let us know where you live!
