When President Joe Biden left office, he said of artificial intelligence (AI), "nothing offers more profound possibilities and risk for our economy and our security, our society, and very often, for humanity." The former president's farewell warning has been heeded by an unexpected audience: MAGA Republicans.
On Friday, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an "artificial intelligence individual bill of rights." While DeSantis refused to "go in depth" about the plan, he disclaimed that, while he welcomes technologies that will enhance the human experience, he opposes those that "supplant the human experience." Specifically, the governor inveighed against machines that "totally take away our responsibility to think for ourselves." Accordingly, the aforementioned bill of rights would offer Floridians "protection against some of these technologies if they run amok."
Although details are scant, DeSantis' AI Bill of Rights appears to borrow language from Biden's September 2022 AI Bill of Rights blueprint, as R Street's Adam Thierer points out. Biden later incorporated that blueprint into an executive order establishing the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.
