Salt Lake City — Alan Fuller embeds requests into AI apps.
“I asked a simple question: Who are the key leaders in the Utah Legislature?” the state’s chief of technology services said in an interview with FOX 13 News.
The reaction he got was certainly interesting.
“First you mention Governor Cox, who is a state leader but not a member of Congress, right? Then you mention Stuart Adams, nice,” said Utah Senate Speaker. he said, referring to “Brad Wilson is Speaker of the House, that’s good. But then it said Jennifer Seelig was the minority leader of the Utah House of Representatives. No, she’s not.”
Then things got even weirder.
“Then it came down to Don Ippolito being the minority leader of the Utah Senate. I can’t find anyone by the name of Don Ippolito…and if you look closely at the picture, Bill It shows Clinton, which is a completely fictional, made-up answer.”
This was an example Fuller used on Friday when he discussed the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the opportunities to take advantage of it, and the potential risks. As FOX 13 News reported earlier this week, the Utah legislature has convened a special working group to consider AI and regulatory needs.
On Friday, the Utah Policy Innovation Lab hosted a discussion on AI with tech CEOs and policymakers. Many talked about the benefits to productivity and education and how it could dramatically transform the workforce.
“By using AI to help solve many forms of disease, some predict that cancer will be cured within the next five to 10 years,” said Matthew Paul, CEO of GTF. ‘ said. “I think cancer is definitely on the list. I also think that from a geopolitical point of view, this could be our salvation.”
Piste.AI CEO Nick Pelican said some of the company’s customers are already using it.
“Chatbots can be used to personalize, especially with chatbots that look so human that they can personalize the customer experience to the point where you can’t tell if it’s a human or a robot talking to you. I can,” he said. crowd.
Referring to the “hype cycle” currently surrounding AI, Pelican said the technology has been around for years, but what has changed is its quality and more “human” responses. It pointed out. But others warn of the risks of over-reliance on technology due to misinformation, “deepfake” hoaxes and lack of human oversight.
GenerativeImpact.AI CEO Berkley Barnes joked that machines will get smarter and humans dumber.
Margaret Woolley Busse, executive director of the Utah Department of Commerce, said AI could help with support services. But she expressed concern about the inability to tell what was real and what was created by artificial intelligence.
“What if we can’t trust anything now because there are so many fakes? The economy could be shut down because now we have to check everything because it could be fake,” she said. Told.
Lawmakers, who are part of a parliamentary working group, said the bill would center around data privacy and consumer protection. Sen. Kirk Callimore (R-Sandy) said, “We want the public to be able to discern what is AI-generated and what is real.”
Fuller said states have already begun rolling out good conduct when using AI systems.
“Personally identifiable information should not be entered into prompts by state officials,” he said. “Second, you shouldn’t use the output of a generative AI model unless a human reads it and takes responsibility for its output.”
Some tech founders agree that regulation of AI systems may be necessary. Becky Wright founded Proximity with the goal of helping political candidates campaign. She uses AI to assist users, she said.
“Hopefully we can get ahead of it and say here are the guardrails that you all want to use, but at the same time continue to foster innovation and allow startups to do things and innovate in a way that is not hindered by regulation. I also want to be like that,'” she told Fox 13 News.
Rep. Jefferson Moss (R-Saratoga Springs) agreed.
“We don’t want to be an overly burdensome state when it comes to regulation, but we want to be able to put guardrails in place to make sure certain things are curbed,” he said.
