Ed Markey

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…

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

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.

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.

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 concerned that the formula for lead service pipe replacement is disadvantaging Massachusetts, which has a dire need for funding.

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.

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?

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

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

I asked Joe Tucci, who was the CEO of EMC, ... what is going on?

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…

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 got to make sure we put in all the protections for the little guys in our society.

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.