Automation bias worries Washington’s privacy chief

Automation bias, a tendency to favor the output of computer algorithms over other factors, is among the top concerns of Washington state’s chief privacy officer as the state establishes its policies for generative artificial intelligence. On this week’s Priorities Podcast, Washington state Chief Privacy Officer Katy Ruckle says she’s worried people could become too comfortable with generative AI. “I have a concern or fear that once we as a workforce get used to using these types of tools and they become more and more reliable in terms of their outputs that we might defer to them and question less about the results,” she says. Washington state officials are currently on deadline to develop numerous policies pertaining to generative AI after Gov. Jay Inslee’s executive order last January.

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