I try to make sure all my posts pass the Rumi gates: true, necessary, and kind. I wondered if the AI Lie post was unkind. So, I added the last parenthetical as if to say, “we’re all in it together.”

However, but my primary concern is about patients. A disconnect between a medical technology’s presentation and substance is dangerous for patients. In multiple statements and papers, I have already hinted at the “AI” Lie, and so have many others. Generative language models are great tools for a lot of things. However, safety comes first. It’s important not to use high stakes to be unkind, but it’s also important to speak out.

Also, while I originally came up with the “AI Lie” in 2022, I always balked on posting. Then, recently, I came across a video of Eckhart Tolle debating the consciousness of “AI.” Eckhart Tolle has better things to do!