We have to guarantee that wherever artificial intelligence is used, it prioritizes people over profits.

It is simply not right for patients to have their care dictated by an algorithm.

We have to guarantee that wherever artificial intelligence is used, it prioritizes people over profits.

You don't--you don't view it as a threat?

Yes. And who should bear the burden of proving that the use of artificial intelligence won't harm patients? Where should that burden of proof lie?

Back in the 90's, when there would be a big headline, like once a week, insurance companies records hacked.

Yes. And who should bear the burden of proving that the use of artificial intelligence won't harm patients? Where should that burden of proof lie?

I think it is important to know that I have been here today to describe the actual patient harm that is in place due to this AI and sound the alarms for the points where the doctors cannot override the AI and it causes that harm, that…

We have to be able to get under the hood just to understand how there are biases built in.

I do agree with you, by the way, in terms of this being an old technology.

Yes. And again, that is the goal that Senator Budd and I have, just kind of moving this ball further down the line.

When Al Gore was Vice President and I was the chairman of the telecommunications committee, when we were breaking down all of the monopolies in the mid-90's so we could have the digital revolution, the broadband revolution, not one home…

So how should a nurse view this, as a threat to her employment or as an augmentation of her ability to help with her patient care?

We can stop corporations from implementing technologies on patients and workers without their knowledge and without appropriate testing to prevent harm, discrimination, or interference with their clinical judgments.

I think that this is--and if anything helps us close some of the gaps that exist in our ability to take care of patients.

I do agree with you, by the way, in terms of this being an old technology.

We can guarantee civil rights protection in the utilization of artificial intelligence.

Yes. And who should bear the burden of proving that the use of artificial intelligence won't harm patients? Where should that burden of proof lie?