Joe Biden’s Sweeping New Executive Order Aims to Drag the US Government into the Age of ChatGPT
WiredOct 30, 2023
White House Unveils AI Safety Guidelines
The Facts
US President Joe Biden Monday was set to sign an executive order regarding artificial intelligence (AI) safety to protect consumers, workers, and minority groups from the technology's related risks on Monday.
The order, via the Defense Production Act, requires developers to submit the results of technology safety tests to the federal government, while the US Commerce Department will issue guidance concerning labeling and watermarking AI-generated content.
The Spin
Democratic narrative
The US government is attempting to keep the commercial aspirations of AI in check while integrating its benefits into the Biden administration's federal agencies. The executive order rightfully acknowledges both the excitement and danger that AI is capable of globally, and — if successful — will mark the strongest governmental directive seen so far in the sector.
Republican narrative
Biden leading the fight for AI ethics is like a liberal, multinational corporation controlling what election-related information the public is allowed to see. The most powerful aspect of AI is its information control, which the Democrats were lucky enough to have on their side during the 2020 election. If social media platformers were able to sway large swaths of undecided voters in Biden's direction, what do you think this corporate-government partnership will do next as the technology it controls grows stronger?
Nerd narrative
There's a 95% chance that there will be an AI Sputnik moment before 2050, according to the Metaculus prediction community.