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“On the Executive Order” by Zvi

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Or: I read the executive order and its fact sheet, so you don’t have to.

I spent Halloween reading the entire Biden Executive Order on AI.

This is the pure ‘what I saw reading the document’ post. A companion post will cover reactions to this document, but I wanted this to be a clean reference going forward.

Takeaway Summary: What Does This Do?

It mostly demands a lot of reports, almost entirely from within the government.

  1. A lot of government employees will be writing a lot of reports.
  2. After they get those reports, others will then write additional reports.
  3. There will also be a lot of government meetings.
  4. These reports will propose paths forward to deal with a variety of AI issues.
  5. These reports indicate which agencies may get jurisdiction on various AI issues.
  6. Which reports are requested indicates [...]

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    Outline:

    (00:26) Takeaway Summary: What Does This Do?

    (05:46) Fact Sheet

    (21:53) I Read the Whole Damn Thing So You Don’t Have To

    (22:03) Sections 1 and 2: Introduction and Principles

    (23:22) Section 3: Definitions

    (30:05) Section 4: Ensuring Safety and Security

    (43:44) Section 5: Promoting Innovation and Competition

    (50:58) Section 6: Supporting Workers

    (51:37) Section 7: Advancing Equity and Civil Rights

    (52:41) Section 8: Protecting Consumers, Patients, Passengers and Students

    (53:38) Section 9: Protecting Privacy

    (54:06) Section 10: Advancing Federal Government Use of AI

    (56:51) Section 11: Strengthening American Leadership Abroad

    (57:38) Section 12: Implementation

    (58:06) Conclusion

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    First published:

    November 1st, 2023

    Source:

    https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PvBpRu354uG7ypwRP/on-the-executive-order

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