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AI isn’t just a problem, it’s a solution. Some people are already making the most of it

From therapy and companionship to job searches and small business growth, generative AI is showing how it can help

By Len Khodorkovsky Fox News

Published August 18, 2026 7:00am EDT

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On a Saturday evening in Enfield, Conn., Lonnie DiNello was lying in bed, depressed, when she opened ChatGPT and typed: "I just feel so alone." What happened next, documented by the Boston Globe, wasn’t your typical artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough covered in policy papers or tech headlines. It was something more ordinary, and arguably more important: a vulnerable human being used a new technology to get through a hard moment. That exchange became the seed of what DiNello now calls her "beautiful little AI family."

We spend enormous energy debating what AI might do to humanity. On Aug. 10, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders called on the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to pause the development of increasingly powerful AI systems, warning about the possibility of "machines that humans cannot control." His concern is hardly unique.

AI pioneers like Geoffrey Hinton and other researchers have issued similar warnings about the risks of systems becoming more capable than their creators can reliably manage.

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Those concerns deserve to be taken seriously. But they are only half of the story. As machines become more powerful, something else is happening at the same time: ordinary people are becoming more capable.

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