Ed Markey

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?

I introduced which Senator Budd, Republican on this Committee, the Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity Risk Assessment Act...

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

This is again how we get our 10,000 steps in.

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

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?

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

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

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

But here is the unfortunate truth. Big tech made big promises for innovation, democracy, and community, but instead unleashed big problems on the American people without solutions that were attached by big tech.

I found the first letter that I wrote in 1976, and it was to the EPA on lead in housing in the poorest communities of Massachusetts.

I am proud to work on this committee with you, Mr. Chairman, on much-needed clean and safe drinking water funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

I fought hard to ensure that the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 had a new provision to support technical assistance for these communities.

About 30 percent of Massachusetts families rely on decentralized septic systems to deal with their wastewater.

Without access to resource to repair these septic systems, sewage starts leaking into the environment.

We need to put people over profit, prioritize worker voices, and keep focused on how to best treat patients.

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 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…

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

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?

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

I introduced which Senator Budd, Republican on this Committee, the Artificial Intelligence and Biosecurity Risk Assessment Act...

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

This is again how we get our 10,000 steps in.

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