RFK Jr.: AI ends "medical tyranny" of experts

Kennedy's remarks came at a Make America Healthy Again event, a movement that generally coalesces around healthy lifestyles and mistrust of drugmakers. Rather than staying on that ground, he pivoted to AI, surprising Vance, who had expected a different subject. Kennedy framed AI as a tool that would confirm his misinformation about vaccines and his contrarian views on public health guidance.

The body's own test undercuts that framing. Asked whether masks work, Gemini answered yes and noted that effectiveness depends on mask quality, fit, and population-level adherence; ChatGPT also answered yes. Both chatbots gave similar affirmative answers on social distancing. The gap between Kennedy's prediction and the chatbots' replies is the story's central tension.

Whether AI actually serves as a check on expert guidance, as Kennedy claims, is likely to hinge on how these tools answer the specific health questions he cites — and on whether users treat a chatbot's response as a second opinion or as confirmation of what they already believe.