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Dr. Deborah Hall's avatar

Will,

Confronted by the sudden emergence of AI

everyone has FOMO.

It's like the iphone, and before that the birth control pill.

Nobody has a clue what the long term consequences

are going to be of embracing it.

There's no time to figure it out!

And nobody wants to be left behind.

I commend all moral and principled persons and organizations

who have the guts and the intelligence and the will

to jump on the back of this tiger

and steer it to be a benefit not a bane to humanity.

Thank you, Will, for doing your part

by shining light on key issues

and on how city governments are addressing the challenges.

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John Proffitt's avatar

Good point about the terms-and-conditions situation. If you work in local gov and want to play around with AI, do it with a personal account, not linked to your work (government) identity.

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Will Hampton's avatar

Thanks for that advice, John!

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