Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many benefits, including improved healthcare, faster data analysis, personalized services, and automation of routine tasks that increase productivity. However, it also brings risks such as privacy concerns, misinformation, biased decision-making, and potential job disruption. Because AI systems rely on large amounts of data, individuals should be mindful of how their personal information is shared online. To protect themselves, people can strengthen digital literacy by verifying sources, using strong passwords, enabling privacy settings, and being cautious with personal data. Staying informed about how AI works and questioning AI-generated content helps individuals take advantage of its benefits while reducing potential risks.
About Hal Bookbinder
Hal Bookbinder is an American Jewish genealogist, lecturer, and writer. A retired information systems director and university instructor, he has spent more than three decades researching his own ancestry, identifying over 4,000 relatives and tracing several family lines back to the mid-1700s in Eastern Europe, particularly modern Ukraine. Hal has served as president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles. He has written and lectured widely on safe computing, Jewish genealogy, immigration, border changes, and research methods. In 2010, he received the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award. He and his family live in Southern California.