Turns out crappy AI cannot actually replace government workers [View all]

Not one but two artificial intelligence tools have been rolled out at the Food and Drug Administration. And, unsurprisingly, not one but two of them appear to suck.

FDA Commissioner Martin Makary has been hyped about jamming AI into his department. Regrettably, he’s significantly less hyped about things the FDA should be hyped about, like vaccines. But since Makary is functionally an anti-vaxxer who says that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel is a “kangaroo court” that “rubber stamps” all vaccines, perhaps it’s best if he stays fixated on AI.

The FDA announced its deployment of AI last month in a news release that reads more like a pitch deck.

“I was blown away by the success of our first AI-assisted scientific review pilot. We need to value our scientists’ time and reduce the amount of non-productive busywork that has historically consumed much of the review process,” Makary said in the release.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/4/2325812/-Turns-out-crappy-AI-cannot-actually-replace-government-workers

To be honest, most of what I've seen of AI isn't that impressive. My fear is that the intellectually lazy will use AI and this article confirms my fear.