{"id":2006639,"date":"2023-08-21T06:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T06:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:09:44","slug":"up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP&#8217;s AI stance in 2024."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fup-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai%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=2006639&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--><h2>The \u200bFirst Republican Presidential Debate: Exploring the Candidates&#8217; \u2063Stance on Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p>The first Republican presidential debate is fast approaching \u2062on August 23, where candidates hope to close the gap on former President Donald Trump and separate from the rest \u200bof the pack. In this series, Up For Debate, the\u2062 Washington Examiner will look at\u200c a\u200c key issue or policy every \u2064day up until debate day and where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-other-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-the-impeachment-of-joe-biden\/\" title=\"2024 GOP hopefuls' stance on Biden's impeachment: A topic of discussion.\">key candidates stand<\/a>. Today&#8217;s story will examine\u2062 artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence has \u2063exploded onto the technology landscape,\u2062 particularly within the past six months,\u2063 with companies like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft leading the forefront of \u200cthe industry. Generative AI \u2063apps \u2063like ChatGPT\u200b and Midjourney \u200chave\u2062 taken center stage. At\u200c the same time, the technology has attracted the attention of lawmakers worldwide who \u2063wish to get ahead of the technology and establish necessary guardrails\u200c before they can be used to spread misinformation and harm voters.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 president\u2063 is no exception. Joe Biden has made several decisions in the last eight months that have helped establish rules and guidelines for the technology. If \u200done of the Republican candidates is voted in to replace Biden, they\u2019ll likely need \u2064to do the same to ensure the technology is safe and secure.<\/p>\n<h3>Up \u2062For Debate: Where Trump, DeSantis, and the Rest of the Republican 2024 Field Stand on \u200dKey Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Specific positions of several \u200b2024 candidates, \u2063however, are currently unclear, \u200dand Republicans have \u2063not taken a distinct stance on the technology that would distinguish their perspectives from the \u200cDemocrats. There is agreement \u2062that\u2062 something must be done about AI, but the answers often remain vague \u2062or lacking detail.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;AI could become a bigger technology policy issue than past issues,&#8221; Adam Thierer, senior counsel at the R Street Institute, \u2063told the Washington Examiner. &#8220;Because \u2062it incorporates so many \u2062more \u200bconcerns or dimensions than past technology policy\u200c issues.&#8221; These dimensions include manufacturing, free\u2062 speech, national security, and many other angles, \u2062Thierer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington Examiner contacted the leading Republican candidates about their takes on AI. Here\u2019s where they\u2064 stand.<\/p>\n<h3>Donald Trump<\/h3>\n<p>Trump\u200c invested a surprising amount into improving American artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062former president \u200claunched the American\u2063 Artificial Intelligence initiative in February 2019, which would set a vision for establishing the U.S. as a leading nation when it\u2062 comes to AI. While the initial order \u200cwas just words, the White House followed up in August \u200c2020 by investing more than $1 billion into building centers\u200d to help\u2062 research AI and quantum computing technology \u200das part of an initiative to\u2064 compete with\u200c China.\u2063 Trump signed an executive order in December 2020 to expand the AI talent pipeline so\u2062 the federal government could hire appropriate\u2064 staff to handle the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has not spoken much on the subject of AI since he left office, making it unclear if he still holds similar convictions as before. His campaign team has embraced the technology, releasing multiple ads \u200cfeaturing AI-generated images.<\/p>\n<h3>Nikki Haley<\/h3>\n<p>The former South Carolina\u200c governor and ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration has not spoken\u2063 on the campaign trail about the technology, but her team presented her position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cArtificial intelligence in the hands \u2062of \u2062an enemy like Communist China is a \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a>, and America must make sure we are \u200balways one step ahead,\u201d Haley spokesman Ken Farnaso told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat means ensuring China stops stealing our technology and working with our tech companies to establish ground rules. President Nikki Haley \u200bwill not \u200dallow the \u200dCCP to gain the upper hand in AI,&#8221; Farnaso added.<\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s concerns echo those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-launched-cyberattacks-against-israel-security-firm-finds\/\" title=\"China Launched Cyberattacks Against Israel, Security Firm Finds\">national security industry<\/a>, which has argued that the United States\u2062 military\u2064 needs to stay ahead of China for security reasons. \u200cThe United States is currently restricting China&#8217;s access to\u2064 semiconductors and AI-related products to stifle Chinese innovation.<\/p>\n<h3>Ron DeSantis<\/h3>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has not spoken about his\u2063 policy approach to AI \u200bor how\u2062 he intends to regulate it.\u200c Instead, he has \u2063used it as a tool in his push for culture war \u2064politics. The Florida governor told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-network-ratings-drop-during-bidens-first-full-week-in-office\/\" title=\"TV Network Ratings Drop During Biden\u2019s First Full Week in Office\">town hall event<\/a> in Osceola, Iowa, that \u201csome of these big AI companies, a lot of their data, you know, is more woke. It does have a little bit of a political agenda. And so, there\u2019s a lot of power to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized the need for guardrails and sufficient technology to compete with China in product development.<\/p>\n<p>A pro-DeSantis PAC released advertising that included AI-generated images of Trump hugging former National Institute of Health\u2064 director Anthony Fauci \u2064to emphasize his connection with the controversial medical \u200cprofessional.<\/p>\n<h3>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)<\/h3>\n<p>Scott has not spoken about the technology, although he was \u200bseen\u2064 attending at least one \u200cof the hearings organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on how AI works.<\/p>\n<h3>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/h3>\n<p>The tech entrepreneur has been vocal about how to handle AI\u2064 even before he decided\u2064 to run. Ramaswamy\u2063 emphasized that &#8220;outright bans&#8221;\u2064 are not\u200c a good\u200b answer to reining in the technology. \u2063Rather, he argues that lawmakers need to &#8220;set clear \u200crules\u2062 for who bears liability for unforeseen consequences of AI protocols&#8221; and that the public needs to be &#8220;very skeptical of\u200d proposed regulations from large companies currently \u2063trying to commercialize AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Elon Musk and AI leaders spoke out against an international pause on AI\u200d training, Ramaswamy demurred.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA \u2063temporary pause amongst U.S. companies, if China is actually running forward \u200bwith it, that doesn&#8217;t do anything in alleviating the risks of AI,&#8221; Ramaswamy concluded. &#8220;It exacerbates them because Americans are\u200c at an even greater risk instead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others:<\/p>\n<p>Some candidates have jumped at the chance to use the new technology for their own campaigning. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez launched a chatbot in July that would answer a select number of questions about the candidate\u2019s positions.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez also attempted to position himself as the &#8220;only candidate that&#8217;s been able to lay out a vision to compete with China&#8221; in his initial pitch on Fox News. This\u2064 included positioning the U.S. to &#8220;compete with China economically\u2062 on \u200cthe technologies of the future, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, crypto, etc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former Congressman Will Hurd has been notably vocal on\u200c the technology\u200d during his campaign run, holding up his six years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai\/\" title=\"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP's AI stance in 2024.\">tech-oriented policy decision-making<\/a> \u200din Congress as evidence of his prowess on the \u200btopic.<\/p>\n<p>Hurd \u200bargued\u2063 that the U.S. trade war with China would be a \u201cnew Cold War\u201d and that the conflict would be \u2064won on a \u201ctechnology battlefield.\u201d Hurd expressed support for requiring licenses of AI developers, a notion proposed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman during his appearance before Congress in May. He \u2062brought up \u2063the idea \u200cof using the National Institute of Standards and Technology to oversee the \u2064licensing rather than creating a new agency.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064former OpenAI board member compared the power of AI to nuclear fission, and emphasized\u200d the need \u2063for the U.S. to &#8220;make AI follow the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/up-for-debate-where-trump-desantis-and-the-rest-of-republican-2024-field-stand-on-key-issues\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM\u200b THE\u200c WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Republican presidential debate on August 23 is crucial for candidates aiming to catch up with former President Donald Trump and stand out from the competition. Leading up to the debate, the Washington Examiner&#8217;s series, Up For Debate, will analyze a significant issue or policy each day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006640,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2006639","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}