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Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson on Artificial Intelligence in City Agencies

1:58:54

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Christopher Leon Johnson testified about the need for more testing and public input on artificial intelligence (AI) before implementing it in city agencies. He expressed concerns about the potential flaws and negative impacts of AI systems.

  • Johnson highlighted discrepancies in AI tools like Grok and Meta AI, emphasizing the need for thorough testing.
  • He stressed the importance of public education on AI, especially in underserved communities.
  • Johnson suggested the controversial idea of having AI candidates for elected positions in the city council.
Christopher Leon Johnson
1:58:54
Hey.
1:58:54
Hello.
1:58:54
Good afternoon.
1:58:55
My name is for Leon Johnson.
1:58:57
And by the way, Jen and Jennifer, happy congratulations on your pregnancy.
1:59:01
Congratulations.
1:59:02
I mean, paternal health 1.
1:59:03
Right?
1:59:03
We're still in it.
1:59:04
I think it's alright.
1:59:05
So congratulations on your pregnancy, by the way.
1:59:07
Alright.
1:59:07
So I'm gonna speak on behalf of artificial intelligence inside of the agencies.
1:59:12
I'm really it's okay.
1:59:15
Look.
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I know this is gonna go through with all these bills, but we need to do more testing about artificial in artificial technology because look.
1:59:24
AI is flawed.
1:59:26
If you ever use Grog, anybody on Twitter or X, use Grog.
1:59:29
It's a lot of discrepancies with Grog.
1:59:31
There's a lot of discrepancies with MetaAI.
1:59:34
Be able to use MetaAI as a lot of discrepancies.
1:59:37
And, I mean, like, we need to do more tests about this.
1:59:39
Do more tests, guys.
1:59:40
We need more tests about AI and city agencies because this could help people, but at the same time, we could hurt a lot of people too if you don't use it correctly.
1:59:52
Because remember, we're all human beings here, and we can never have we can never let technology decide our lives or decide who gets what and who doesn't get what because it could always mess up.
2:00:03
And I think very soon that it's gonna bite everybody in the butt, and we're gonna be in lawsuits.
2:00:08
Let's say it's gonna be in big lawsuits because of artificial artificial intelligence.
2:00:15
Like I said, we need to do more tests about this before we implement this stuff.
2:00:20
The public input is really needed.
2:00:22
We need more public input in all five boroughs, especially the inner districts because they need to be more educated about artificial intelligence because they don't know.
2:00:29
I mean, I know all the rich communities know about AI, but the those Empower communities don't know about artificial intelligence and, like, automated systems and chat GPT and chatbot and meta AI and what is it?
2:00:43
Grock.
2:00:44
If you want TwitterX, pay $80 a month, you can go on get grock.
2:00:48
Okay?
2:00:49
They were the only thing about this.
2:00:50
And what's going on is they if you try to apply for a job, they use this stuff to know about people instead of Google search.
2:00:58
So and and one more thing is, look.
2:01:00
We have to start pushing for more AI candidates for office.
2:01:04
We need to have a I know it's kind of a dystopian, but we need we need to add 2 positions in the city council for artificial intelligence candidates.
2:01:12
We need AI elected officials too.
2:01:15
We need AI elected officials, like to represent people represent the whole city.
2:01:20
That's that's what I'm gonna say.
2:01:21
And yeah.
2:01:22
That's what I'm gonna say, by the way, about the end of here, and congratulations on your pregnancy.
2:01:26
Alright?
Jennifer GutiƩrrez
2:01:27
Thank
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:01:27
you.
2:01:27
Thank you.
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