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“In the U.S., the incursion of artificial intelligence (AI) is largely unregulated, which could be risky based on how AI is being used. The European Union has developed a sensible AI regulatory framework that rates the risk from ‘minimal’ to ‘unacceptable.’ Minimal risks include spam filters that use AI to better screen out junk emails and the like. An unacceptable risk threatens fundamental rights, such as using facial recognition and deepfakes to influence elections. Under the EU system, that’s not allowed. ‘High-risk’ AI covers a lot of sensitive ground, from managing road traffic to grading students and evaluating employees. The risk comes from the potential for things to go badly wrong, and the EU requires those systems to meet stringent standards before being unleashed on the public…. The EU framework is still being sorted out, but at least the Europeans have one. In the U.S., Congress so far has failed to pass legislation, and the only national standards to date stemmed from an executive order that outgoing President Joe Biden imposed in 2023.” ~ from the Chicago Tribune Why are only Democrats looking out for Americans? What, specifically, are you doing about the risks AI is imposing on our lives? By “specifically”, I mean other than bloviating into a microphone.