| If we don't slow it down soon, argues Post contributing columnist Danielle Allen, generative artificial intelligence could break our democracy for good. "A healthy democracy," she writes, "could govern this new technology and put it to good use in countless ways. It would also develop defenses against those who put it to adversarial use. And it would look ahead to probable economic transformation and begin to lay out plans to navigate what will be a rapid and startling set of transitions. But is our democracy ready to address these governance challenges?" For Danielle, who is writing a series of essays this year on democracy (and how to preserve it), the answer isn't close: "We are simply ill-prepared for the impact of yet another massive social transformation. We should avoid rushing into all of this with only a few engineers at a small number of labs setting the direction for all of humanity. We need a breather for some collective learning about what humanity has created, how to govern it, and how to ensure that there will be accountability for the creation and use of new tools." … And this is thinking even GPT-4 can't do for us. And in the second of a series about mental health challenges in America, The Post's Kate Woodsome examines the hurdles faced by people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, both in getting diagnosed and then finding the medications that help patients manage their symptoms. The Biden administration will soon announce final changes in the way patients have been receiving care during the pandemic. An earlier proposal "inspired panicked posts on ADHD-related social media channels and concern from patient advocacy groups," Kate writes. "Even before the pandemic, 130 million Americans — a third of the population — lived in areas with a shortage of mental health providers, and more than half of U.S. counties didn't have a single psychiatrist. Getting an appointment in remote locations could mean waiting months, to say nothing of the travel time." Kate's piece suggests ways that individuals, private firms and the government could make these hurdles easier for Americans with ADHD to clear. Let me know what you think. And thanks for reading.  (Brian Stauffer for The Washington Post) Here's why I signed a letter calling for a pause in the development of new technology in large language models. By Danielle Allen ● Read more » |    | | | The story of ADHD in America is a window into how our fractured health system — and hyper-connected culture — make people feel simultaneously better and worse. By Kate Woodsome ● Read more » | | | | It's this: Am I running to replace Trump as the leader of a party remade in his image or am I running to replace Trumpism with something else? By Matt Bai ● Read more » | | | | | | E. Jean Carroll finally gets her day in court. By Ruth Marcus ● Read more » | | | | | I am busy with a project. When it's done, I'll start another. Eventually there will be one I don't finish, and that's how I want it. By Paul Woodruff ● Read more » | | | | Marijuana possession shouldn't be a crime, but neither should it be normalized and encouraged. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » | | | | | | Why does the GOP seem so ascendant? Look to the state legislatures. By Karen Tumulty ● Read more » | | | | | |
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