Police car lights in a file photo. A targeted mass shooting at a Stockton children’s birthday party left four young people dead and 11 others injured as authorities search for the suspect. (Special to Bay City News/ArtOlympic)
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence — also known as AI — has sent schools, companies, and other entities scrambling to get a handle on what it means to have a computer do the work that may take hours, days or weeks for a human. It also raises many questions of ethics, especially when it is easier for a high school student to cheat by having AI write an essay or report, or when images can be created to deceive or mislead.
Due to the challenges posed by AI, Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed over a dozen bills so far this year on the topic, making California the country’s leading AI regulator.
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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.
