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“America’s AI Action Plan Is Pretty Good” by Zvi
No, seriously. If you look at the substance, it's pretty good.
I’ll go over the whole thing in detail, including the three executive actions implementing some of the provisions. Then as a postscript I’ll cover other reactions.
The White House Issues a Pretty Good AI Action Plan
There is a lot of the kind of rhetoric you would expect from a Trump White House. Where it does not bear directly on the actual contents and key concerns, I did my absolute best to ignore all the potshots. The focus should stay on the actual proposals.
The actual proposals, which are the part that matters, are far superior to the rhetoric.
This is a far better plan than I expected. There are a few points of definite concern, where the wording is ambiguous and one worries the implementation could go too far. Two in particular are the call for ensuring [...]
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Outline:
(00:25) The White House Issues a Pretty Good AI Action Plan
(03:20) Pillar I: Accelerate AI Innovation
(03:25) Remove Red Tape and Onerous Regulations
(05:56) Ensure That Frontier AI Protects Free Speech And American Values
(12:36) Encourage Open-Source and Open-Weight AI
(14:17) Enable AI Adoption
(15:08) Empower American Workers In The Age of AI
(16:01) Support Next-Generation Manufacturing
(16:18) Invest in AI-Enabled Science and Build World-Class Scientific Datasets
(17:54) Invest in AI Interpretability, Control and Robustness Breakthroughs
(18:35) Build an AI Evaluations Ecosystem
(19:31) Accelerate AI Adoption in Government and in DOD
(21:32) Protect Commercial and Government AI Innovations
(21:54) Combat Synthetic Media in the Legal System
(22:24) Pillar II: Build American AI Infrastructure
(22:45) Create Streamlined Permitting for Data Centers, Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities, and Energy Infrastructure while Guaranteeing Security
(23:59) Develop a Grid to Match the Pace of AI Innovation
(26:21) Restore American Semiconductor Manufacturing
(27:16) Train a Skilled Workforce for AI Infrastructure
(29:24) Bolster Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
(29:54) Promote Secure-By-Design AI Technologies and Applications
(31:04) Promote Mature Federal Capacity for AI Incident Response
(32:00) Pillar III: Lead in International AI Diplomacy and Security
(32:06) Export American AI to Allies and Partners
(34:24) Counter Chinese Influence in International Governance Bodies
(35:24) Strengthen AI Compute Export Control Enforcement
(36:00) Plug Loopholes in Existing Semiconductor Manufacturing Export Controls
(36:15) Align Protection Measures Globally
(37:21) Ensure that the U.S. Government is at the Forefront of Evaluating National Security Risks in Frontier Models
(38:36) Invest in Biosecurity
(39:10) Part 2: Reactions
(39:15) Speechless
(40:23) We Can All Just Get Along
(42:27) Okay Maybe Not All Of Us But What You Gonna Do
(45:27) Good Vibes Only
(49:00) Dare Not Speak Its Name
(50:09) Other Reactions In Brief
(51:51) Remarks of Note
(52:24) Conclusion: Helpful Is The Watchword
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First published:
July 25th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TTzyky2EQfYapxvMn/america-s-ai-action-plan-is-pretty-good
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No, seriously. If you look at the substance, it's pretty good.
I’ll go over the whole thing in detail, including the three executive actions implementing some of the provisions. Then as a postscript I’ll cover other reactions.
The White House Issues a Pretty Good AI Action Plan
There is a lot of the kind of rhetoric you would expect from a Trump White House. Where it does not bear directly on the actual contents and key concerns, I did my absolute best to ignore all the potshots. The focus should stay on the actual proposals.
The actual proposals, which are the part that matters, are far superior to the rhetoric.
This is a far better plan than I expected. There are a few points of definite concern, where the wording is ambiguous and one worries the implementation could go too far. Two in particular are the call for ensuring [...]
---
Outline:
(00:25) The White House Issues a Pretty Good AI Action Plan
(03:20) Pillar I: Accelerate AI Innovation
(03:25) Remove Red Tape and Onerous Regulations
(05:56) Ensure That Frontier AI Protects Free Speech And American Values
(12:36) Encourage Open-Source and Open-Weight AI
(14:17) Enable AI Adoption
(15:08) Empower American Workers In The Age of AI
(16:01) Support Next-Generation Manufacturing
(16:18) Invest in AI-Enabled Science and Build World-Class Scientific Datasets
(17:54) Invest in AI Interpretability, Control and Robustness Breakthroughs
(18:35) Build an AI Evaluations Ecosystem
(19:31) Accelerate AI Adoption in Government and in DOD
(21:32) Protect Commercial and Government AI Innovations
(21:54) Combat Synthetic Media in the Legal System
(22:24) Pillar II: Build American AI Infrastructure
(22:45) Create Streamlined Permitting for Data Centers, Semiconductor Manufacturing Facilities, and Energy Infrastructure while Guaranteeing Security
(23:59) Develop a Grid to Match the Pace of AI Innovation
(26:21) Restore American Semiconductor Manufacturing
(27:16) Train a Skilled Workforce for AI Infrastructure
(29:24) Bolster Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
(29:54) Promote Secure-By-Design AI Technologies and Applications
(31:04) Promote Mature Federal Capacity for AI Incident Response
(32:00) Pillar III: Lead in International AI Diplomacy and Security
(32:06) Export American AI to Allies and Partners
(34:24) Counter Chinese Influence in International Governance Bodies
(35:24) Strengthen AI Compute Export Control Enforcement
(36:00) Plug Loopholes in Existing Semiconductor Manufacturing Export Controls
(36:15) Align Protection Measures Globally
(37:21) Ensure that the U.S. Government is at the Forefront of Evaluating National Security Risks in Frontier Models
(38:36) Invest in Biosecurity
(39:10) Part 2: Reactions
(39:15) Speechless
(40:23) We Can All Just Get Along
(42:27) Okay Maybe Not All Of Us But What You Gonna Do
(45:27) Good Vibes Only
(49:00) Dare Not Speak Its Name
(50:09) Other Reactions In Brief
(51:51) Remarks of Note
(52:24) Conclusion: Helpful Is The Watchword
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First published:
July 25th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/TTzyky2EQfYapxvMn/america-s-ai-action-plan-is-pretty-good
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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