Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived and will permeate every aspect of our society. It will touch all of us in our work, in the arts, in entertainment, in our government, and in our culture. As with all technology, it will deliver us both blessings and curses. We have been sharply warned of its potential destructive capability even by advocates of this technology. Will governments, industry, and the public agree on proper guardrails and restraint or will the tiger simply be let out of the cage? I worry that the strategy will be Ready! Fire! Aim! , instead of adopting thoughtful and prudent measures to keep us safe. Indeed, I’ve offered some sober thoughts on this issue to my readers in a prior post . My medical journals are now riddled with studies on various medical uses of AI portending an unimaginable future in the medical profession. A few paragraphs further down in this post, I will ask my readers a philosophical question regarding AI and I invite a dialogue. Until
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