Disruption

AI’s promise and peril loom over lawmakers’ Chicago gathering

Panel discussion topics include energy demands, affordability and the impact of AI.
The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer screen generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

CHICAGO — As 1,000 lawmakers gather for the National Conference of State Legislatures’s annual summit this week, there are issues of such historic magnitude that some are drawing parallels to the advent of the Industrial Revolution or even the invention of the wheel.

Geoffrey Hinton, described as the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence,” will be speaking to legislators Tuesday about “The Promise and Peril of AI.”

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