{"id":2006675,"date":"2023-08-21T08:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T08:03:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T12:03:17","slug":"up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai-2\/","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-2%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=2006675&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 First Republican Presidential \u200dDebate: Exploring the\u2064 Candidates&#8217; Stance on Artificial Intelligence<\/h2>\n<p>The first Republican presidential debate is fast approaching \u200bon \u2062Aug. 23,\u200c where\u200c candidates\u200d hope to \u200dclose the gap on former\u200b President Donald Trump and\u200d separate from the rest of\u200d the\u200c pack. In this series, \u200cUp For Debate,\u200b the \u2064Washington Examiner will look at a key issue or policy\u200c every day \u2063up \u200buntil\u2063 debate day and\u2063 where key candidates stand. Today&#8217;s story will examine artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial\u2062 intelligence has exploded onto the technology landscape, particularly within the past six months, \u200bwith companies including \u2064OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft leading the forefront\u2062 of the industry.\u200b Generative AI apps such as ChatGPT and Midjourney have taken\u200d center stage. At\u200c the same time, the technology\u200d has attracted the attention of lawmakers worldwide who \u2063wish to get\u200b ahead\u2062 of the technology \u200band establish\u200d necessary guardrails before \u2063they can be used to \u2062spread misinformation \u2062and harm voters.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064president is no exception. \u200cJoe Biden has made several decisions in the last eight months that have\u200c helped establish rules and guidelines for the technology. If one\u2064 of the Republican candidates is\u2062 voted in\u200b to replace Biden,\u200b they\u2019ll likely need to do the\u200d same to ensure the\u200d technology is safe and secure.<\/p>\n<h3>Up For Debate: Where Trump, \u2062DeSantis, and the Rest\u200c of Republican 2024 Field Stand on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<p>Specific positions of several 2024 candidates, however, are currently unclear, and Republicans have\u200b not taken a distinct stance on the technology \u200bthat would distinguish their\u2064 perspectives from the Democrats. There\u2064 is\u2062 agreement that something must be \u2063done about AI, but the answers often remain vague or\u200d lacking detail.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;AI could become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/up-for-debate-trump-desantis-and-2024-gop-hopefuls-stance-on-ai-2\/\" title=\"Debating Trump, DeSantis, and GOP's AI stance in 2024.\">bigger technology \u200dpolicy issue<\/a> than past\u2064 issues,&#8221; \u2063Adam Thierer, senior counsel at\u2064 the R Street Institute,\u200b told the \u200cWashington \u200bExaminer. &#8220;Because it incorporates so many more concerns or\u2063 dimensions than past technology policy issues.&#8221; \u200dThese dimensions include manufacturing, free speech, national security,\u2063 and\u2062 many other angles, Thierer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington \u2062Examiner contacted the \u200bleading Republican candidates about their takes on AI. Here\u2019s where\u200c they stand.<\/p>\n<h3>Donald Trump<\/h3>\n<p>Trump invested a surprising amount into improving American\u200b artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dformer president\u200c launched the\u200c American Artificial Intelligence initiative in February 2019, which would set a vision for \u2064establishing the U.S. as a leading nation when it comes to AI. While the initial order was just words, \u2064the White House followed up in August 2020 by investing \u200dmore than \u200d$1 billion into building centers to help research AI and quantum computing technology as\u200b part \u2064of \u200dan initiative \u2062to compete with \u200dChina. Trump signed an executive order in December 2020 to expand the AI talent pipeline so the \u200bfederal government could hire appropriate staff to handle the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has \u2062not spoken much\u200b on\u2063 the subject of AI since \u2064he\u2064 left office, making \u200cit unclear if he still holds \u200bsimilar convictions as \u200dbefore. His campaign team \u200dhas embraced the technology, releasing multiple ads featuring AI-generated images.<\/p>\n<h3>Nikki Haley<\/h3>\n<p>The former \u200dSouth Carolina\u2063 governor and ambassador to the United\u200c Nations during\u2063 the Trump administration has not spoken on the campaign trail\u2063 about the technology, but \u2063her \u200cteam\u2062 presented her position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cArtificial intelligence in the hands of an enemy\u2062 like Communist China is \u2062a national security threat, and\u2064 America must make sure we are always one\u200c step ahead,\u201d Haley spokesman \u200cKen Farnaso told the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThat means ensuring China \u200dstops \u200bstealing our technology and working\u2062 with our tech companies to establish ground rules. President Nikki Haley will not allow the CCP to gain the upper \u2063hand in AI,&#8221; Farnaso added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s concerns echo \u2062those of \u200dthe national security industry, which has\u2064 argued that \u2063the United States military \u200bneeds \u2064to stay ahead of China for security reasons. The United States is restricting China&#8217;s access\u2064 to semiconductors and AI-related\u2062 products \u200cto stifle Chinese innovation.<\/p>\n<h3>Ron DeSantis<\/h3>\n<p>Gov.\u2062 Ron DeSantis (R-FL) \u2062has not spoken about his policy approach to AI or how he\u200c intends to regulate it.\u200c Instead, he has used it\u2062 as\u2064 a tool in his push\u2064 for culture war politics.\u2062 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 \u200dof these big \u2063AI companies,\u200d a lot of their \u200ddata, you \u2064know, is \u200cmore woke. It does have a little\u2062 bit \u200dof a political agenda. \u2063And so, there\u2019s a lot of\u2064 power \u200dto it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized\u200b the need for\u200c guardrails \u200cand sufficient technology to\u200c compete with China in product development.<\/p>\n<p>A pro-DeSantis PAC released \u2062advertising\u2063 that included AI-generated images of Trump hugging\u200b former National\u2063 Institute of Health Director Anthony Fauci to emphasize\u200d his connection\u200b with the controversial medical \u2063professional.<\/p>\n<h3>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)<\/h3>\n<p>Scott \u200chas not spoken about the technology, although he was seen attending at least one of \u2063the hearings organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on how \u2063AI \u200bworks.<\/p>\n<h3>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/h3>\n<p>The tech entrepreneur has been vocal about \u200chow\u200b to handle AI even before he decided to run. Ramaswamy emphasized that &#8220;outright bans&#8221; are not a good answer to\u200c reining in the technology. Rather, he argues that lawmakers\u200b need to &#8220;set clear rules for who bears liability for unforeseen consequences\u2063 of AI\u200c protocols&#8221; and that the public needs to be &#8220;very skeptical of proposed regulations from \u200blarge companies currently trying to commercialize\u2064 AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Elon Musk and\u2062 AI leaders spoke\u2064 out\u200c against an international \u200dpause on AI\u200b training, Ramaswamy demurred.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cA temporary pause\u200d amongst \u200dU.S. companies, if China is actually running\u2062 forward with it,\u2063 that \u2063doesn&#8217;t do anything in alleviating the risks of AI,&#8221; Ramaswamy\u2063 concluded. &#8220;It exacerbates them because Americans are at an even\u2064 greater risk instead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Others:<\/p>\n<p>Some candidates have jumped at \u200bthe\u200b 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\u200c questions about the candidate\u2019s positions.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez\u2062 also attempted to position himself as the &#8220;only candidate that&#8217;s been able to lay out a vision\u2063 to compete with China&#8221; \u200din his initial \u200bpitch on Fox News. This\u2063 included \u2064positioning the U.S. to &#8220;compete with\u2064 China economically on the technologies of the\u2063 future, quantum computing, artificial \u200cintelligence, crypto, \u200detc.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former Congressman Will Hurd has \u200dbeen notably vocal on the technology during his campaign run, holding up his\u200b 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> in Congress as evidence of his prowess on the\u200c topic.<\/p>\n<p>Hurd argued the U.S.\u2064 trade war with China would be a \u201cnew Cold War\u201d and\u200d that the conflict would be won on a \u201ctechnology\u200c battlefield.\u201d Hurd expressed \u2062support for requiring licenses of\u200c AI developers, a notion proposed by OpenAI \u200cfounder Sam Altman during his appearance before Congress in May. He\u200c brought\u2064 up the idea of using\u200b the National Institute of Standards and Technology to oversee the\u200c licensing rather than\u200d creating a\u200c new agency.<\/p>\n<p>The former\u2064 OpenAI board member compared the power of AI to nuclear fission \u200cand\u2062 emphasized\u2063 the need\u2063 for the\u2063 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\u2064 MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON \u2063EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Republican presidential debate on Aug. 23 is crucial for candidates aiming to catch up with ex-President Donald Trump and stand out from the competition. 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