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Kansas behavior‑analyst advisory committee to study AI use and DEI continuing-education proposals amid legislative friction
Summary
Committee members discussed artificial intelligence tools and ethical considerations for autistic populations, and reviewed the fraught legislative history of proposed continuing-education hours for cultural diversity (DEI). The committee agreed to continue the AI conversation and keep DEI on future agendas.
Members of the Behavior Analyst Advisory Committee discussed artificial intelligence in clinical settings and the history of legislative resistance to required cultural-diversity continuing education.
David Fye briefed the committee on a recent forum hosted by the Information Network of Kansas (INC) that considered state-level AI tools such as a basic website chatbot for FAQs. “I had not thought about using a chatbot for that function,” Fye said, noting the concept is intended to make agency information more accessible without expanding regulatory authority into AI oversight.
Fye also told the committee about press reports that a federal appropriations bill once contained a provision that would limit states’ ability to regulate AI for 10 years; he said states are opposing that provision and it is…
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