Kentucky lawmakers are continuing discussions on artificial intelligence, building upon the groundwork laid last year by the AI task force.

Speaking to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees last night, State Senator Amanda mace Bledsoe of Lexington, who co-chairs the task force, says the group has only begun to scratch the surface.

And we decided to really stay only on the public sector.

So we did not like any regulations for the private sector.

We said, really, what is Kentucky going to do?

How are we going to as a cabinet, as departments?

How are we going to think about privacy, but data privacy, protection of citizens rights and making a risk based approach so that we're leaning in when it makes the most sense for constituents services, for streamlining, for government efficiencies, taking more risk, pulling back when we think it might be more than we want government to have, or I'd have more rules for work and then the goal is really moving forward to continue to expand into places like energy, education, land use data, data consumption, those are some really big issues that will be probably coming this year.

Kentucky has, the, strategic advantage, you know, with an abundance of energy, cheap energy.

As you look across the country, that's there's really a shortage in energy.

And these data centers that are necessary to operate artificial intelligence and AR are necessary to kind of progress technology.

They they use a lot more energy than really any other, sector or emerging, industry, but there's not a ton of jobs tied to it and to the data center itself.

And so there's a really large policy discussion and some decisions that have to be made around that.

State lawmakers also highlighted ways I could be used to advance education and health care.

I'm greatly excited about the conversation.

And new UK is and Lexington are really centrally located, and they bring a lot of unique resources to the table.

Between access to research and innovation and health care technology, we are a really great place to do some really cool things for Kentucky.

If we can find a way to provide better healthcare services and reduce our cost, that would be a great opportunity for Kentucky.

Earlier this year, state lawmakers passed Senate Bill four, which sets up a framework for the use of AI in state government.

The bipartisan bill was signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear in March.