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About the Author

Will Caron

Will Caron is director of communications at the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, a policy research and advocacy nonprofit. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views or that of Appleseed. You can reach him at  info@willcaronhawaii.com.


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Because AI would eliminate union jobs and make marked improvements in government productivity don't expect to see any of your law makers push for it simply because they get elected through union support. Imagine most of those 500 unfilled police positions being handled by AI capability. Of course we need patrolmen, but AI can definitely remove much of the tedious, repetitive functions of jobs with near perfect accuracy every time. Too many blue pill decisions.

wailani1961 · 4 months ago

But have you tried using ChatGPT for meal planning and grocery lists? Game changer. I’m a huge fan lol.

KeyW · 4 months ago

Maybe I’m in the minority here but I don’t think Hawaii legislators are in a good position to be knowledgeable enough to regulate AI or anything else. Most of them have little to no business experience or technology expertise. People can choose to use whatever tools they find make them more productive. We don’t need a bunch of people who are likely incapable of finding and keeping employment in the private sector holding us back worse than they are already doing.

KauaiKatie · 4 months ago

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