Op-ed
The Good, The Bad, The Politics of “AI”
By:
Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor This opinion piece is my opinion alone, and does not necessarily
represent the views of blogspot.or google.com
Let
me start by saying that I am a “futurist”
in that I look forward not backwards. For me the past is the
past...something to learn from perhaps, but I find no need to keep
rehashing what was that cannot now or ever be changed. Instead I
choose to look forward to what could be...the possibilities are as
endless as the number of stars in the sky. Also, my mind is not
bogged down by ancient religious tenets and dogma for the beliefs of
ancient times were but ways for the powerful to keep the people both
beholden and “in
line,”
which even in today's world still poses a modicum of truth. And what
passed for science during those long ago times was but tricks of
alchemy at best...alchemy mixed into the controlling words of power
hungry mortal men.Simply,
as a “futurist,”
l eagerly await the very things most seem afraid of in today's
politically charged world, while at the same time I accept as fact
that everything needs rules and guidelines not just for success, but
for a sense of both law and order in order to escape the traps
and failings of the past...traps based in tangible here and now
reality, as much as traps set by the innuendos of those whose lust
for power, control, and of course the almighty dollar drives them
ever forward.
And
here I speak of “Artificial Intelligence”...“AI”
as it's more commonly known...an enemy for some, a device to benefit
mankind for others. I personally belong to the latter group obviously, but
I do know there can be both downsides and upsides to “AI”
especially if its total operation and control falls solely under any
one government's auspices and/or political control.
So
here let me start with what...in my opinion...is the key advantage of
“AI”
followed then by what I consider to be the two key downsides of “AI.”
But first, it's important to know that “AI”
is here to stay, and that while some believe “AI”
to
be quite new in its concept and implementation, “AI”
has actually been around since
1950 when mathematician
Alan Turing published a paper proposing the “Turing
Test”
to
see if a computer can talk and act like a human, and do so to the
point where a person can neither tell the difference nor understand what is true computer intelligence.
Now
as for the key advantages of “AI”
most
consider it to be two-fold in nature, as in “automation
and efficiency”
coupled with
“enhanced
decision-making.”
And
while
both are surely part of “AI's”
advantages, for me “AI's”
main advantage lies within the realm of medical science. How
so...because “AI”
can more efficiently and knowledgeably speed up
medical research, improve diagnostic precision, personalize patient
care by analyzing massive datasets at speeds impossible for we humans
to do, in addition to helping reduce human error, diagnostic
oversight, and misinterpretation caused by overburdening caseloads,
to name but a few.
And as for what I personally do consider to be the two main downsides to “AI”...with the first and the foremost being something that should be quite
obvious to all...is that “AI”
can actually make life way too easy for us. As a species we,
humankind, do need challenges to work towards overcoming, for without
challenges we would lose control over our own lives. We are not
genetically programmed for complacency, the very thing that if not
handled correctly now can, and probably will, become our downfall in the future.How
so...in the specific case of “AI”
it starts now with one being able to sit at one's computer and simply
press a button on their keyboard, and see within mere seconds
numerous pop-up solutions to any question or inquiry asked, with said
answers being generated by what is a machine minus the all-important
human need for both “critical
thinking” and
ones emotional involvement in addressing the problem at hand. Simply,
what are complacency and
ease of operation have already started to take precedence over one's
own individually cultivated problem solving abilities, and replaced
it with the monotony known as predictability.
So
can we prevent this what some believe to be a possible doomsday
scenario from ever happening...can we survive...can we co-habitate...with what are machines... machines in the guise of
supercomputers and processors way smarter than we are? I say yes. How
so...simply by reining in that very possibility itself while we are
still able to, starting with the fact that human programing must
never be allowed to lose both precedence and dominion over the computer.
The rate of processing information along with the simple uploading of
information is one thing, but human guided informational input along
with the actual updating of said input must always...I repeat always...take precedence
over what the machine...over what the computer wants. We as masters over the machine cannot not now nor ever allow the computer to take dominion over man, especially since the computer's own survival has
already, been programmed into its collective memory banks.
And,
also just as important is the undeniable fact that we...the United
States of America...can never allow a hostile government from
creating what would in reality could become a “single
state monopoly” having
the power to then not only control, create, and ultimately shape knowledge, but actually be the sole producer and distributor of
technological knowledge itself.
So
as to the unasked question of who in the end will actually control or
at least regulate “AI”
here
in the U.S....whether it be a company, an individual, or even a
specific nation ...the politically generated battle for
“AI”
control continues on. Now pitting those who have called for a
“coordinated pacing, shared safety testing, and stronger guardrails
being put in to place”...as
in
Tech
leaders
like 'OpenAI's' CEO Sam Altman; 'Anthropic's' CEO Dario Amodei; and
'Microsoft's' AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman...we find 'Meta'
CEO Mark Zuckerberg going up against what are being referred to as
company
“coordinated slowdowns,” while
at the same time
holding firm in his belief that each Tech company should
independently manage its own safety protocol.
And
when you add in President Trump's two-cents worth in his having
dismissed the above mentioned
“federal guardrails” being
put into place
simply
because
it “could
harm American competitiveness against China”...you
just know that what could have been both a technology to benefit all
and a harbinger of a future to come, has again been reduced to yet
another political battle that will likely go unresolved with the
winner possibly being the machine after all. Case now closed.
Copyright
@ 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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