John Chappell, Australia might have an AI plan, but critical thinking isn’t automatable, WA Today, 4 December 2025
Former US president Ronald Reagan famously used the phrase “trust, but verify” when negotiating a nuclear arms deal with the Soviet Union.
I was surprised this week when my preferred AI chat tool used the same phrase with me to describe the reliability of its answers.
While AI has many benefits – including recently helping me get to the bottom of a conspiracy theory – there are plenty of risks associated with its use.