California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One of the first to roll out is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s wildfire response.
The chatbot is meant to give Californians better access to “critical fire prevention resources and near-real-time emergency information,” according to a May release from Newsom’s office. But CalMatters found that it fails to accurately describe the containment of a given wildfire, doesn’t reliably provide information such as a list for evacuation supplies and can’t tell users about evacuation orders.
Newsom has announced AI applications for traffic, housing and customer service to be implemented in the coming months and years. But Cal Fire’s chatbot issues raise questions about whether agencies are following best practices.
While CA cuts essential services from humans, scumbag Newsom still finds a way to grift off “AI”.
Is Gavin Newsom the West’s answer to East Coast political titan Rudy Giuliani?
Who knows? For Newsom to succeed at following in Rudy’s footsteps Newsom desperately needs California as traumatized as New Yorkers were after 9/11 and so far Newsom just isn’t able to prey upon the minds of vacuous but afraid centrists effectively enough.
I think the issue is probably Newsom needs to go on Joe Roegan’s show more.
AI or not, don’t they fucking test this shit? What dipshits put this program live before testing whether it actually worked?