Try to think of leading names in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Kamala Harris is probably not the first that springs to mind. The woman can barely talk. But she is Vice President of the United States of America and as such she’s in London, about to give a speech ahead of Rishi Sunak’s big AI summit. Brace yourselves.
Harris’s speeches often sound as if they had been scripted by an early or pre-intelligent incarnation of ChatGPT. But as sentient beings we can safely predict her gist. The advent of Artificial Intelligence brings many opportunities, Harris will say, but the technology must be carefully controlled to ensure it doesn’t become harmful. And that, in Kamala Harris’s world, means heavily regulating all AI systems to bring them in line with the Democratic Party’s ultra-progressive and hyper-politically correct values.
The Biden-Harris administration is trying to force all AI to pursue the goal of racial equity
We know this because we can see that yesterday, in advance of Harris’s arrival in the United Kingdom, President Joe Biden issued his Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence – in the words of a White House communique, ‘the most sweeping actions ever taken to protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems’.
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