Al Roker Jokes AI is Too Similar to His Name: 'It Should be A.I. or A-I'

Al Roker has a concern about the use of AI, but it may not be for the reason you think. While speaking with Us Weekly exclusively alongside his wife, Deborah Roberts, at the Broadcast + Cable Hall of Fame Induction on Tuesday, September 30, Roker, 71, shared his worries about the shorthand spelling of artificial intelligence. “I’m not so upset about AI as much as when I see it in print, it always looks like Al. I think it should be A.I. or A-I — because when you look at the headlines, it says ‘Al Will Destroy Us.’ And I don’t want to take that responsibility,” Roker joked. Roberts, 65, express