RFK Jr. is embracing AI, confusing his MAHA allies and medical experts

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a national following by channeling the energy of Americans who are worried about the influence of corporations, including makers of vaccines, drugs, processed foods and pesticides.But last week the leader of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement threw his support behind an unlikely industry: artificial intelligence.At a MAHA summit featuring AI and Silicon Valley executives, Kennedy declared that the technology would free Americans from “medical tyranny” by allowing them to “fact check their own medical advice.”“We’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us: ‘Trust the experts,'” Kennedy told the invite-only audience.Some prominent MAHA voices quickly criticized Kennedy’s embrace of AI, saying the movement’s leaders are increasingly cozying up to the corporate interests they once scrutinized.At the same time, medical experts say Kennedy’s vision of AI as a check against the medical establishment is fundamentally flawed.“He obviously doesn’t understand how AI works,” said Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a cancer specialist and bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania. “AI aggregates the informatio…