I read this article on @opb.org about the disturbing amount that city officials and staff in Washington State are using AI to do their work. Everything from simple constituent correspondence, to actually public policy, and even sensitive ongoing police cases. www.opb.org/article/2025...
This prompted me to write an email to my city councilors here in Portland; @councilorclark.bsky.social @councilorgreen.bsky.social and @councilorzimmerman.bsky.social . My take is the staffs value is that we have their intelligence, integrity, and empathy guiding decisions, and writing is thinking.
