Of course, marvels from MRIs to personal computers have certainly enhanced our lives. But too often technology, now supercharged with AI, also seduces us with convenience while sowing doubt about perception itself. Any reporting our president doesn\u2019t like is \u201cfake news.\u201d Conspiracy theories fill social media. People have virtual relationships. Hackers steal identities. Citizens\u2019 faith in our institutions is waning.<\/p>\n
Not to mention how AI is used to enhance governments\u2019 surveillance of citizens and the huge amounts of electricity and water it demands. <\/p>\n
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A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr.<\/p>\n
The AI genie may be out of the bottle but it needs the firm hand of regulation. Alas, the public outcry and the political will that are necessary have yet to coalesce.<\/p>\n
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While I agree that kids need education on the dangers of AI across the board, in this case that alone isn\u2019t enough (\u201cSchools lag on fighting deepfake porn\u201d<\/a>). They also need education on the dangers of toxic masculinity, whether it involves AI or not.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by raggedglory<\/p>\n To answer the question posed in the headline \u201cIf a chatbot wrote this, would you read it?\u201d<\/a>: No, I would not.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by Johnny Allston<\/p>\n Zoe Yu\u2019s April 12 Ideas essay, \u201cAI is destroying good writing,\u201d<\/a> ignores the reality that artificial intelligence can be a valuable tool. Much like a dictionary, thesaurus, writing group, or human editor, AI can help writers improve their work. Yu labels the tool\u2019s results as \u201cflat,\u201d \u201crecognizable,\u201d \u201cterrible,\u201d and \u201cslop.\u201d Such dismissiveness is reminiscent of the anti-progress Luddites. <\/p>\n I\u2019m looking forward to the day when writers are praised, rather than chastised, for their willingness to add another tool to their craft arsenals.<\/p>\n Joan Axelrod-Contrada<\/p>\n Northampton<\/p>\n The writer is an author and journalist.<\/p>\n There is human connection in reading ideas that the author has curated while writing, revising, clarifying, rewriting, editing, and publishing. A machine can\u2019t achieve a result equal to that thought process. I fear that readers, if they let themselves become accustomed to continuous AI slop, might come to forget what they are missing.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by BecknBuv<\/p>\n I agree, BecknBuv. What I also fear is the loss of organizing, analyzing, and critical thinking skills that develop as people write. The struggle to write coherently \u2014 whether by professional writers or laypeople \u2014 is one of the important ways humans develop their mental capacities. Think of what the mind goes through to write a high school essay, a college essay, or just an ordinary good letter.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by LEAP4Ed<\/p>\n Remember the late 1970s when kids were discouraged from using newly marketed small calculators in math class? AI is about to bring the most radical evolution in human consciousness in recorded history.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by FloresdelaHoz<\/p>\n I\u2019m glad I won\u2019t live long enough to see that world.<\/p>\n Posted on bostonglobe.com by lzmcl527<\/p>\n The imperative to preserve the human thought process<\/p>\n