The Ministry of Truth is in the making
On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” I read it. Please click on the link and at least skim it.
Principal objections
The very purpose of the act is to “advance and govern the development and use of AI.” This raises fundamental questions about the purpose of the government, not in general but in the United States. The way the president outlines the administration’s role follows the European tradition rooted in the era of Enlightenment and still practiced in continental Europe; France is a good example.
The Enlightenment’s concept was about wise rulers governing their subjects. The first Americans went further; they wanted to be free to pursue happiness. The government should not be telling them what happiness is. They did not want the politicians to “advance and govern the development and use of” whatever adventures they found worth pursuing.
The first Americans did not expect whatever they invented to be safe and secure. They knew that life was a very hazardous venture and that there was no reward without taking a risk. The government should protect them from villains.
They would disagree with President Biden, who justifies his executive order by…
