We asked for your AI takes, and the response was almost unanimous: resistance.

The big picture: AI's rise is driving people into three camps: power users, doubters and resisters.

• A lot of the resistance is fueled by concerns that AI will make workers redundant, especially in white-collar fields.

What they're saying: "I do think about what it means for my kids' education and career prospects," reader Jason Stevenson wrote.

• "For them, will 'prompting' become more important than actual writing?" he asked. "What are the inter-personal careers and jobs they should pursue that AI cannot replace? How do I convince them this is something to think about when I seem like a Chicken Little character to them?"

The intrigue: Many of you were less worried about losing jobs to AI and more concerned about losing our minds to it.

• "We are already living in a world where people can't even agree on what is 'real' and that will only get worse as we delegate our thinking and decision making to AI," reader Linda Bosen wrote.

The other side: Some of you acknowledged AI has potential to make you more productive at work and boost certain industries.

Yes, but: We didn't get any optimistic responses that weren't tempered with a broader fear that AI is doing too much, too quickly.

Case in point: Reader Iva Williams uses it at work in the software industry and anticipates likely benefits in health care — a service we all need but can't always access.

• But, Williams noted, "we should be approaching it like nuclear or bio engineering, as it has the potential to be devastating to our economy ... and honestly, possibly, humanity."

Meanwhile, Williams and other readers who described themselves as AI moderates still expressed "moral" and "ethical" objections to data centers, due to their consumption of natural resources.

Between the lines: You can't really have AI without data centers.

The bottom line: As an "AI pragmatist," reader Ben Cook said he's found many helpful uses at work — but returned to the wisdom of the fictional Dr. Ian Malcolm from "Jurassic Park."

• "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

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State of play: The council will accept applications for the next District 4 representative today through June 1.

Driving the news: The seat was vacated after a city investigation found that first-term Council Member Eva López Chávez did not live in the district she was elected to represent in 2023.

How it works: Under state law, the remaining six council members have less than 30 days to fill the position.

• Interviews are expected to begin June 9 and a new council member will be chosen either that day or June 11.

Requirements: You must be a registered voter, actually live in the district for at least a year, and not be employed by the city at the time of the appointment.

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To reach the Eurovision Grand Final this weekend, pop-classical sensation Monroe began her journey to the stage an ocean away.

The intrigue: Monroe, who represented France in the annual song contest, hails from Utah.

• She was born in Salt Lake to a French mother and grew up in Brigham City.

The latest: Monroe ranked 11th in the contest, which Bulgaria's Dara won with the dance hit "Bangaranga."

What they're saying: "It was in church that I began to sing, in my small town of Brigham City," she told the French magazine Pèlerin. "It was there that I understood the power of music to create connections between people, but also between heaven and earth."

By the numbers: At 17, she was this year's youngest contestant, the AP reports.

Worth your time: Watch Monroe's performance of "Regarde" on YouTube.