The Boy in the Bubble was the first track of Paul Simon's Graceland, in my view, the greatest musical album released in my lifetime. The year was 1986.

Lately I find myself quietly singing Bubble's refrain.

“These are the days of miracle and wonder. This is the long distance call The way the camera follows us in slo-mo, the way we look to us all. The way we look to a distant constellation that's dying in a corner of the sky. These are the days of miracle and wonder, and don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry.”

The genius of Simon's lyrics is in the juxtaposition of tragedy and progress. Nearly 40 years later, the line "these are the days of miracle and wonder" comes to mind when contemplating the nature of this moment in humanity's technological progress. Yet, consider the song's final verse.

People and organizations around the world are asking, ”Can we trust artificial intelligence?”. Sure, can we trust AI to be responsible, to generate accurate, trustworthy responses to our prompts? But look more deeply and you will find that truly Trustworthy AI is about so much more. Do we trust that our investments in AI are wise, that we are not throwing effort and money after nonsense? Do we trust that we are moving rigorously, purposefully, and efficiently towards AI’s promised land?