AI terrifies me, but it also fills me with awe and hope. I worry that there will be no jobs for my son and daughter. I wonder what their chatbot ‘friends’ whisper to them. It sickens me to read about AI leading teens to suicide, or creating revolting sexual images of unconsenting women and girls.

But AI has also massively improved large-scale climate research, uncovered a cause of Alzheimer's, and made cancer diagnosis faster and more accurate.

I want an AI future with more of the promise and less of the peril. But I’ve been campaigning on big tech for years and one thing I’ve learned: the billionaire bro-ligarchs in Silicon Valley won’t care unless they have to.

Right now the lawmakers who can rein in big tech are listening to the lobbyists and not the people. We can make them hear us. It worked in Europe but we need to take it worldwide. Sign now and write a message. We’ll share your demands directly with politicians everywhere!

AI can hurt but it can also help, in big ways and small.  For instance, this image was created with the assistance of AI.