AI and ChatGPT (Part 1)

For many, myself included, the terms “Artificial Intelligence” (commonly known by its acronym AI) and “ChatGPT” are at best perplexing and at worst distressing. President Joseph Biden stated it clearly and simply in the opening statement of his October 30, 2023, Executive Order: “Artificial intelligence (AI) holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril.”1 Some of the hesitancy to embrace this technology is a fear of the unknown. Yet much of our concern is about the massive potential...