Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias

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On November 2, 2022, I attended a Google AI event in New York City. One of the themes was responsible AI. As I listened to executives talk about how they aligned their technology with human values, I realized that the malleability of AI models was a double-edged sword. Models could be tweaked to, say, minimize biases, but also to enforce a specific point of view. Governments could demand manipulation to censor unwelcome facts and promote propaganda. I envisioned this as something that an authoritarian regime like China might employ. In the United States, of course, the Constitution would prevent the government from messing with the outputs of AI models created by private companies.

This Wednesday, the Trump administration released its AI manifesto, a far-ranging action planfor one of the most vital issues facing the country—and even humanity. The plan generally focuses on besting China in the race for AI...

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