Peter Moore: A.I. in, garbage out

Our state legislature passed a bill to regulate artificial intelligence in Colorado, and our tech overlords were mostly OK with it. Uh-oh.

Peter Moore: A.I. in, garbage out
A cartoon drawing of an artificial intelligence piggy bank shredding a dollar bill

Are you terrified by artificial intelligence? So are our state legislators, who passed Senate Bill 205, the nation’s first attempt to regulate robo brains. They enacted A.I. controls in employment, lending, financial and legal services, insurance, health, housing and — redundancy alert! — in government.

Feel better now? Don’t!

Note that Google, IBM, and Microsoft visited our statehouse to support the bill. How good could it possibly be? Even our high-tech gov, who made his second and third fortunes selling greeting cards and flowers online, signed Senate Bill 205 only reluctantly because he thought the law needed serious tweaking. The problem: The data sets that A.I. depends on are corrupted by human foibles, which A.I. algorithms then concentrate and amplify. Be very afraid! And the law doesn’t even take effect until 2026! If we survive that long!

Until then we’ll all need to be on cyber alert as A.I. infiltrates our lives…

At the loan office

A cartoon drawing of an artificial intelligence loan officer that is saying "how long have you been black?"
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

At the bank

A cartoon drawing of an artificial intelligence piggy bank shredding a dollar bill
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

If you need insurance

A cartoon drawing of an artificial intelligence insurance agent wearing a nametag that says Hi, I'm Insure-o-matic 2000
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

If you buy a house

A cartoon drawing of R2D2 visiting a virtual open house
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

At the health clinic

a cartoon of an artificial intelligence "doctor" saying "hand on while I Google that"
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

When you need a lawyer

A cartoon drawing of a billboard for an artificial intelligence lawyer saying "legalese so incomprehensible it could only be written by Open AI"
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

If you apply to college

A cartoon drawing of a college admissions office with a gremlin commenting
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)

If you’re a citizen

A cartoon drawing of Elon Musk holding the state capitol and Denver city hall by marionette strings. Donald Trump's hand holds Musk by marionette strings
(Peter Moore, Special to The Colorado Sun)