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OPINION: We Must Do More to Prepare for Artificial Intelligence Advances
May 1, 2024

OPINION: We Must Do More to Prepare for Artificial Intelligence Advances

2024 may go down as the year Artificial Intelligence (AI) took the world by storm. The news is exciting, but also a little unsettling. In 5 to 7 years, we read that AI will be as smart as humans. In twenty years, some say, AI will be able to do anything we can do. These claims are tricky to evaluate, but what's clear is that AI is advancing faster than most people realize. The more we interact with AI, the quicker it evolves, learns, and develops. In the past decade, AI has moved from beating humans at Jeopardy to writing songs and tackling advanced coding. The uncanny realism of deepfake videos featuring celebrities like Tom Cruise reminds us that stealing someone’s face isn't just a plot for Mission: Impossible anymore.  [Read More]

Pennycuick Op-Ed: Governor’s Budget Risks Future Tax Hikes, Program Cuts
February 20, 2024

Pennycuick Op-Ed: Governor’s Budget Risks Future Tax Hikes, Program Cuts

As I sat in the state Capitol rotunda listening to Gov. Josh Shapiro lay out his 2024-25 budget proposal, I couldn’t help but wonder if the gilded hall rubbed off on the governor, giving him a different perception of the state of the commonwealth’s finances.  [Read More]

Pennycuick Outlines Highlights of 2023 Legislative Year
December 1, 2023

Pennycuick Outlines Highlights of 2023 Legislative Year

As we begin another year, I’d like to take time to briefly look back on some highlights of 2023 and my first year in the Pennsylvania Senate. This past year has been challenging but I believe we have made a real difference in several critical areas that help Pennsylvanians.  [Read More]

Op-ed: Why I Support Options for Children in Pennsylvania’s Underperforming Schools
July 19, 2023

Op-ed: Why I Support Options for Children in Pennsylvania’s Underperforming Schools

Over the last couple of weeks, you may have heard news about the Pennsylvania Award for Student Success program, or PASS.  [Read More]

Op-ed: It’s Not Too Late to Save the State Budget Agreement Sen. Tracy Pennycuick
July 2, 2023

Op-ed: It’s Not Too Late to Save the State Budget Agreement Sen. Tracy Pennycuick

Once again, it’s summer and Pennsylvania is without a new state budget. It’s a story we hear all too often in our state’s capital and I want to take the opportunity to explain why I am a firm supporter of the 2023-24 spending plan that passed the Senate in late June.  [Read More]

OP-ED: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
March 28, 2023

OP-ED: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Three of the scariest words in the English language are spoken thousands of times a day in a doctor’s office across the country, “you have cancer”.  [Read More]

OP-ED: It’s Time to Remove Cost Barriers to Early Breast Cancer Detection
March 2, 2023

OP-ED: It’s Time to Remove Cost Barriers to Early Breast Cancer Detection

Three of the scariest words in the English language are spoken thousands of times a day in doctor’s offices across the country: “You have cancer.”  [Read More]

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