US Governments Fumble Around with Chatbots Like Kids with New Toys

In the latest display of idiocy, state and local governments across the US are tripping over themselves to implement tools like ChatGPT to “streamline” their bureaucracies. You heard it right, folks – these knuckleheads think that these chatbots will make their jobs easier. They’re haphazardly creating new regulations to try and avoid the many potential disasters that AI can bring, but we all know how well they manage to avoid disaster, don’t we?

Possible Fallout of This Cockamamie Scheme

Bureaucrats think they’re onto something big here, using slick new tools like ChatGPT. What they don’t seem to grasp is the potential for utter calamity. Think about the users: having to wrangle with an AI that doesn’t quite understand what you’re asking is downright infuriating. Not to mention, folk falling for the charms of well-programmed banter and sharing sensitive information with a bot. Great job, geniuses. The risk of uncontrolled AI behavior, system vulnerabilities, and data privacy concerns? Let’s just slap a big ol’ band-aid on it and call it a day.

My Take on this Circus Act

In their infinite wisdom, governments have a long, rich history of fudging up tech rollouts. And now they want to foist AI chatbots on unsuspecting citizens? It’s the digital equivalent of shock-and-awe warfare – but instead of inspiring awe, it just leaves everyone dazed and confused. Bottom line: if you want to automate the government, fine. But don’t use half-baked AI to do it. Unless you want bureaucrats replaced by machines and your personal data scattered to the digital winds. Which, for the record, I don’t prefer. But, hey, who am I to tread on these clowns’ dreams?

Original article:https://www.wired.com/story/local-governments-generative-ai/