{"id":1963479,"date":"2023-07-03T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-aims-to-make-ai-technology-woke-warns-watchdog\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:21:02","slug":"biden-administration-aims-to-make-ai-technology-woke-warns-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-aims-to-make-ai-technology-woke-warns-watchdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration seeks to &#8220;woke-ify&#8221; AI, watchdog warns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-aims-to-make-ai-technology-woke-warns-watchdog%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0703\/0b8aeefb-c4a8-4415-bb88-e3fe30272386\/audio.mp3?length=6229197&#038;duration=519\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Biden administration is pushing to transform artificial intelligence (AI) to promote a woke agenda led by left-wing activists and censor conservatives, warned a conservative watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) reviewed the White House\u2019s plans for AI and posted a warning on Twitter that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-it-is-fired-cyber-expert-chris-krebs-admits-in-senate-hearing-that-dominion-voting-machines-linked-to-the-internet\/\" title=\"THERE IT IS: Fired Cyber \u201cExpert\u201d Chris Krebs Admits in Senate Hearing that Dominion Voting Machines Linked to the Internet\">top government officials<\/a> are seeking to infuse \u201cdangerous ideologies\u201d into AI systems.<\/p>\n<p>AAF president Tom Jones told Fox News Digital that \u201cunder the guise of fighting \u2018algorithmic discrimination\u2019 and \u2018harmful bias,\u2019 the Biden administration is trying to rig AI to follow the woke left\u2019s rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is being advised on technology policy not by scientists but by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-aims-to-make-ai-technology-woke-warns-watchdog\/\" title=\"Biden Administration seeks to \"woke-ify\" AI, watchdog warns.\">racially obsessed social academics<\/a> and activists. We\u2019ve already seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-and-google-deploy-army-of-shills-to-fight-regulation\/\" title=\"Amazon and Google Deploy Army of Shills to Fight Regulation\">biggest tech firms<\/a> in the world, like Google under Eric Schmidt, use their power to push the left\u2019s agenda. This would take the tech\/woke alliance to a whole new, truly terrifying level,\u201d explained Jones.<\/p>\n<h2>White House Plans to Weaponize AI Against Conservatives<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration\u2019s efforts to make AI woke is absolutely terrifying. The prospect of AI being rigged by the left is truly Orwellian,\u201d Jones told the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just another example of how the woke never miss an opportunity to seize power. All Americans need to know about what Biden and his cronies are up to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AAF memo cited four recent Democratic documents as evidence of the Biden administration\u2019s plot to \u201cwokeify\u201d AI technology.<\/p>\n<p>One document is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/ai-bill-of-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,<\/u><\/a> which was released by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) last October.<\/p>\n<p>The document warned of \u201calgorithmic discrimination\u201d in which AI systems could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-coke-pauses-diversity-plan-after-intense-backlash-plan-author-suddenly-resigns\/\" title=\"\u2018Woke\u2019 Coke Pauses Diversity Plan After \u2018Intense Backlash,\u2019 Plan Author Suddenly Resigns\">treat people differently based<\/a> on their race, sex, or other characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>The paper called for data \u201cused as part of system development or assessment\u201d to be \u201creviewed for bias based on the historical and societal context of the data\u201d and recommended \u201cproactive equity assessments as part of the system design,\u201d along with other actions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Summit for Democracy in March, Arati Prabhakar, director of OSTP, praised Biden\u2019s February executive order for promoting \u201cdata equity\u201d and directing agencies to fight \u201calgorithmic discrimination\u201d so AI can advance an equitable agenda.<\/p>\n<h2>Biden Officials Issue Steps to \u201cWokeify\u201d AI Technology<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden first issued an executive order in February to \u201ccontinuously embed equity into all aspects of federal decision-making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The order instructed federal bureaucrats to ensure that all AI systems in the United States are programmed to comply with the global woke agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen designing, developing, acquiring, and using artificial intelligence and automated systems in the federal government, agencies shall do so, consistent with applicable law, in a manner that advances equity,\u201d said the order.<\/p>\n<p>It also instructs federal agencies to \u201censure that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-it-aint-woke-fix-it-biden-wants-to-reprogram-artificial-intelligence-to-advance-equity\/\" title=\"If It Ain't Woke, Fix It: Biden Wants to Reprogram Artificial Intelligence to 'Advance Equity'\">respective civil rights offices<\/a> are consulted\u201d on any decisions regarding the use of AI in order to \u201croot out bias in the design and use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence\u201d and combat \u201calgorithmic discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 23, the White House\u2019s Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, which is also run by Prabhakar, released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/National-Artificial-Intelligence-Research-and-Development-Strategic-Plan-2023-Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This calls for additional resources to fight \u201charmful biases\u201d and warns \u201cAI systems are prone to \u2018hallucinate\u2019 and recapitulate biases derived from the unfiltered data from the internet used to train them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The memo says that \u201cunderstanding how AI can reduce inequities stemming from systemic, structural, and individual bias is an important area of research.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The OSTP announced another directive titled, \u201cNew Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These \u201csteps\u201d included an \u201cupdated roadmap to focus federal investments [i.e., taxpayer dollars] in AI research and development,\u201d along with an advice questionnaire called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/OSTP-Request-for-Information-National-Priorities-for-Artificial-Intelligence.pdf\">Request for Information National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has also hosted so-called \u201clistening sessions\u201d with \u201cworkers\u201d on future AI policy with a left-wing political bent, which is devoted to influencing elections against conservative candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The committee that produced the report is part of the National Science and Technology Council, which is led by Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden\u2019s \u201cAI Czar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden put Harris, who has been critical about alleged racial bias in AI, in charge of the administration\u2019s plan \u201cto promote responsible AI innovation that protects Americans\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative watchdog, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), cautioned that the Biden administration aims to utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to advance a woke agenda driven by left-wing activists and suppress conservatives. After reviewing the White House&#8217;s AI plans, AAF issued a Twitter warning, highlighting the government&#8217;s intent to inject &#8220;risky ideologies&#8221; into the technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":1963480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}