Is the opposite of connection a biased AI Chatbot?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is our newest societal panacea. Like many other advancements, we overestimate its potential benefits and underestimate its probable downsides. Unlike prior innovations, AI magnifies our errors in judgements and biases in ways that have the potential to erode our society and make those challenges less visible to us even as it causes us harm. There is perhaps no greater example of this truth than in respect to how AI may be harnessed to support our understanding and amelioration of substance use conditions.