What Does Today's US Executive Order Mean For The Future Of AI?
These are the key points and my early thoughts on the Fact Sheet and currently available details.
I love the aspirations and basic tenets of the Fact Sheet and later released executive order. A friend who has worked at the DOD for over 20 years told me what the hallmarks of intent are in executive orders. Some are in place now or will be later today. Others are likely to follow. What will be telling are the gaps and differences between what’s built and what’s being built.
Action items and artifacts have dates next to them. This indicates the Executive has been in contact with each department, and conversations have advanced deep into the planning stages.
Action items and artifacts have cabinet-level owners and accountability. This indicates the Executive will be briefed personally and actively driving progress.
Funding is quantified with numbers or recommendations. This indicates preliminary budgets have been created, and some plans are ready to put in motion.
Calls for legislation are followed by documents signed by key Congressional members or Governors. This indicates the Executive has built the coalition necessary to move bills forward in the next session.
Calls for academic cooperation are supported with budgets and documents signed by key committee members established to support programs and funding disbursement. This indicates an advanced planning stage and that programs are built collaboratively with participants.
Calls on corporate governance point to documents signed by a broad coalition of business leaders representing multiple industries. There are incentives for participants, and the threat of removing those incentives is adequate to keep businesses engaged in the programs over the long run.
A mission statement or vision will come with specifics, guiding principles, and future state descriptions that give the public confidence in their government and clarity on what comes next.