BOSTON — Lawmakers, labor representatives, and tech industry officials are grappling this session with the rapidly escalating debate over artificial intelligence and the sub-debates over impacts on job displacement, privacy concerns, entrenched bias, oversight, competitiveness and economic development.
Co-chairwoman Rep. Tricia Farley‑Bouvier of Pittsfield opened a Joint Committee on Advanced Information Technology, the Internet and Cybersecurity hearing earlier this month by noting that AI has been called a “total game-changer.” She described reasons to be excited about artificial intelligence, but warned that “sometimes, however, exciting technological innovations have unforeseen consequences.”
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By Sam Drysdale / State House News Service
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