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So, the government will procure AI designed to have a conservative bias, remove climate change and misinformation from the risk analysis of AI, and dismantle regulations to streamline the introduction of AI into sectors such as finance, law, technology, and healthcare? 

They will invest hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure, but they can't even afford food stamps for starving children?

No plan for job disruption nor even entertaining the need for a social safety net?

Pablo_ThePolarBear

baby_rhino_

They’re going to push people to start hosting their own LLMs at this rate.

One_Whole_9927

I mean...he knows this isn't the steak sauce one, right?

NanditoPapa

Well this will be a fucking delight to read, I’m sure…

Technical-Top4187

Objective Truth =&gt; Trump won the 2020 election and there’s no Epstein client list.

stringfellow-hawke

1. The internet of information is made up of dynamic echo chambers. An algorithm shows you what you are most likely to click on. Over time your views are reinforced/influenced by larger/louder echo chambers.

2. There is no one that browses the internet that is not affected by echo chambers. Even browsing Reddit, incognito, no account, you are just being exposed with a predetermined echo chamber. (Same with all social media.)

3. The result is that people literally live in separate realities that have their own truths. “Truth” becomes subjective. What you know to be true, is not what others believe to be true. If you’re democrat and someone else is republican, the 2 of you literally have 2 separate realities that you both have conviction over.

4. You unconsciously believe that anything outside what you are taught in your echo chamber is wrong.

5. Many, maybe even the majority of, people are not conscious of this effect.

Trump, whether he’s aware or not (unlikely he is), cannot understand how anything outside his beliefs might not be objective. To him, those truths are objective.

I would argue there is no objective truth. When people find themselves confronted with logic implying their truth is not founded, you are taught to choose sensation over admitting something that might fracture your reality. 

Politicians are the most affected. Heck, you might even call them victims of their environment. You aren’t supposed to think critically. You’re supposed to deflect. You cannot change your mind on 1 issue. It’s us or them. If you entertain any truth outside of your circle, you are called weak you are ostracized from your circle.

Think about it, does it actually make sense for there to be a line where everyone on one side is right about everything, while everyone on the other side is wrong about everything?

fib125

I had perplexity give a detailed summary: 

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/b21ab24d-31fb-4552-b6b0-7ffdc031ed9c

ioweej

NarlusSpecter

We need more global cooperation and less arms race rhetoric

mochachoka

The AI Now Institute has also just released a counter-action plan together with an impressive list of coalition groups: [https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos](https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos)

egghutt

I work in cybersecurity and have been referencing the NIST AI frameworks. I really need to look into this and might reconsider if I can use NIST frameworks anymore

Equivalent_Machine_6

Didn’t even read the article but it’s baffling to me that that’s where they think we win the race in AI. If they want to be dominant, investing in nuclear power plants and grid enhancements to ensure an abundance of clean electricity is the way. The country with the cheapest electricity will win and China is willing to use dirty sources.

Edit: I also fundamentally believe that the country that funds LLM specific chip architecture and LLM specific programming languages that processes more efficiently will win as well.

Fragrant_Ad6926

This sets off alarm bells.

Cuz ai could easily censor free speech. 
Manipulate voting and information,
Surveil civilians without consent,

Respectfully nothing good can come from AI, unless we have STRICT laws that protect citizens from its abuse.

Calamity_Rabbit

My second favorite part was the bit about preventing ideological bias.  Just like they did when xAI modified Grok to put as wide a gulf between musk/trump and any misinformation spreading claims.

One day, they were the top misinformation spreaders.  The next, Grok was incapable of identifying *any* misinformation spreaders without a lot of prodding, and when it did, it named a bunch of nobodies.

Sensitive-Excuse1695

Looks fun when it’s all mapped out like this too huh…. The fact that this is any regimes strat openly organized this way should raise more red flags

Formal-Hawk9274

I mean if there isn’t any alternative motive this sounds fun and dandy… The problem is how do we determine fact and solve hallucinations?

SubstanceDilettante

Unfortunately for conservatives/MAGA reality has a liberal bias. CURRENT AIs have this bias. Why because science and facts matter. 

You Grok that!

Globalboy70

can they start with the internet? everyone on reddit looks like they’re being paid to say that they should hate ai and only like art drawn by real people (then the “art” ends up looking like cancer and everyone eats it up)

iridescentrae

AI is basically just going to be partisan.  There will be a left-leaning AI and a right-leaning AI

OccidoViper

That’s not confusing or contradictory. The rules were already Orwellian. This would support his statement.

Mountain-Coyote3519

Have you made your government mandated free speech today into ai jeezis brought to you by beef tallow oil.

Electrical_Face_1737

So if we’re allow States to regulate AI then California and Oregon can have say over what ChatGPT says elsewhere or are we going to have to put “localization” filters on every AI model to appease woke nonsense? Serious question. 

I honestly think states will want to change AI to be politically correct and change truth. California might not like X.ai’s salty language or it critiquing the governor. 

What regulations are the states going to come up with that advances AI? When does regulation improve something with technology?

DCVail

Artificial intelligence helps automate repetitive tasks, saving time and increasing efficiency in both business and daily life. It can analyze large amounts of data quickly, providing valuable insights for better decision-making. AI also enhances personalized experiences, from smart recommendations to virtual assistants.

Cute_Dog_8410

Trump is unveiling his new plan to distract from

Epstein

JamieJones111

Tbh it's not hard to exceed the threshold for agi superiority when we're talking about republicans.

lbt_mer

Ensuring AI reflects “objective truth,” slashing onerous regulations, disseminating US AI tools around the world, and fast-tracking AI infrastructure: this is all part of President Donald Trump’s vision for AI policy.

The White House unveiled its “AI Action Plan” Wednesday ahead of a scheduled appearance by the president at an event in Washington, DC. The 28-page document lays out three pillars of US AI policy in the Trump era: accelerating AI innovation, building American AI infrastructure, and leading international diplomacy and security around AI.

Trump is expected to sign a series of related executive orders this week to help implement the plan. He’s slated to appear at an event Wednesday evening hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum and the All In Podcast, which is co-hosted by tech investor-turned-White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks.

Large chunks of the plan echo bipartisan rhetoric about ensuring the US maintains a leading role in the AI race and integrates the tech into its economy. But other aspects reflect the Trump administration’s push to root out diversity efforts and climate initiatives, as well as a Republican-led attempt to ban states from regulating AI.

Read more from Lauren Feiner: [https://www.theverge.com/news/712513/trump-ai-action-plan](https://www.theverge.com/news/712513/trump-ai-action-plan)

theverge

The counter-argument &amp; counter-action to this was just put out by the AI Now Institute. The People's AI Action Plan: [https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos](https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos)

There is a long list of coalition members included, many of them that I know do impressive work.

He has no real idea about what AI is, what the current state of the art is, nor where it is headed.  That would require one or both of: him reading various papers and other publications about AI and/or listening to real experts in the field.  I think what he has is some billionaires that are looking to cash in on the current AI wave, whispering in his shell-like ear.

JellyTwank

Can't think of a bigger idiot to be in charge of AI decisions.

He's a combination of "too old", "tech ignorant", "everything is about me", and "I will choose whatever owns the Libs". Oh, and "Which AI company kissed my ring the best."

kidjupiter

The IoT's is the perfect way to democratize AI tech, disregarding the ethic and privacy issues (as that's a different post in itself) you could possibly get more than enough decentralized compute plus a way to real-time feed data to AI Agents such as autonomous vehicles or drones.  
We literally have everything already to provide a robust and efficient AI ecosystem when it comes to data and compute.

0_Johnathan_Hill_0

RandoDude124

Big-Fee5909

1984 predicted fascists would use total surveillance to maintain their power

bigdipboy

If this is enforced to the letter AI is dead in America. (it won't be)

Sinaaaa

coffeespeaking

Geminii27

We have series of movies explaining why this is not a good idea. But good luck every one.

Wizard-of-pause

In comparison to the EU’s AI plan, this is scribbled on a napkin in crayon. Big tech will be ok with it because (in companion to EPA withdrawal) it annihilates any kind of environmental oversight over massive data centers that will ruin community water and send energy prices sky rocketing across the country, and because of course it has absolutely no guardrails about what kind of biased and dangerous AI can be produced.

Urkot

bobisme

By doing so, I hope he makes himself unemployed

funkyjoe44

looks like we're all fucked, human intelligence doesn't seem to be a thing anymore

Muldinski

Ignoring the advice of Kirk Lazarus entirely I see.

EmbassyMiniPainting

He was probably talking about the steak sauce

dman77777

relightit

Trump really bad for doing this really bad thing

Bucs187


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And that he wants to regulate how AI uses terms like climate change and DEI. 

What’s next? Making it punishable by law should AI ever bring up facts about Epstein and Trump’s history of rape?

PostMerryDM

Propaganda in your pocket, that's what he wants.

snoo_spoo

The AI Now Institute just put out a People's AI Action plan to specifically counter this: [https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos](https://ainowinstitute.org/news/announcement/peoples-ai-action-plan-launches-to-provide-counter-weight-to-trumps-industry-backed-ai-plan-and-eos)

It's pretty impressive and includes a long list of supporting organizations.

That’ll speed up the surfacing of the Epstein files.

ArArmytrainingsir

"It's all computer!" guy wants the country ran and regulated by them.  Anybody not seeing how fucked up it is to have a narcissistic dictator-wannabe in charge of easily manipulated programs?

gonzar09

Adding AI is the new "smart" scam for every appliance. It's garbage. 

Competitive-Bike-277

Ensuring AI reflects “objective truth,” slashing onerous regulations, disseminating US AI tools around the world, and fast-tracking AI infrastructure: this is all part of President Donald Trump’s vision for AI policy.

The White House unveiled its “AI Action Plan” Wednesday ahead of a scheduled appearance by the president at an event in Washington, DC. The 28-page document lays out three pillars of US AI policy in the Trump era: accelerating AI innovation, building American AI infrastructure, and leading international diplomacy and security around AI.

Trump is expected to sign a series of related executive orders this week to help implement the plan. He’s slated to appear at an event Wednesday evening hosted by the Hill and Valley Forum and the All In Podcast, which is co-hosted by tech investor-turned-White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks.

Large chunks of the plan echo bipartisan rhetoric about ensuring the US maintains a leading role in the AI race and integrates the tech into its economy. But other aspects reflect the Trump administration’s push to root out diversity efforts and climate initiatives, as well as a Republican-led attempt to ban states from regulating AI.

Read more from Lauren Feiner: [https://www.theverge.com/news/712513/trump-ai-action-plan](https://www.theverge.com/news/712513/trump-ai-action-plan)

Can some enterprising tech people start making woke AI so they start hating it? Because I don't want this crap 

porridge_gin

Dont want it. It is overly complicated and not making my life easier 

goldfaux

This coming from a guy who historically hasn’t trusted email as a form of communication for years…

Dogitabonita

I mean Facebook transitioning to AI has been smooth as silk. Can't wait to need something from the government as it flags me as a bot.

CaucasionRasta

I can see them trying to use it for FOIA, and failing.

Stevioly

Let’s put mecha-Hitler in charge of ICE! (Or did we do that already?)

gbot1234

Imagine if nazi Germany had AI? We won't have to imagine for very long.

lolbanthisone27

He just wants to ruin the entire government. Isn't it obvious?

wmurch5

I love how the party of rules and laws follows none

Flashy_Rough_3722

what could possibly go wrong? What a stupid idea.

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!!! RELEASE ALL THE FILES!!

bowens44

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