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December 2, 2024 58 mins

While on the campaign trail, Trump made claims about repealing Biden's Executive Order on AI, but what will actually be changed when he gets into office? We take this opportunity to examine policies being discussed or implemented by leading governments around the world.


  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (00:29) - Hot off the press
  • (02:59) - Repealing the AI executive order?
  • (11:16) - "Manhattan" for AI
  • (24:33) - EU
  • (30:47) - UK
  • (39:27) - Bengio
  • (44:39) - Comparing EU/UK to USA
  • (45:23) - China
  • (51:12) - Taxes
  • (55:29) - The muck


Links
  • SFChronicle article - US gathers allies to talk AI safety as Trump's vow to undo Biden's AI policy overshadows their work
  • Trump's Executive Order on AI (the AI governance executive order at home)
  • Biden's Executive Order on AI
  • Congressional report brief which advises a "Manhattan Project for AI"

Non-USA

  • CAIRNE resource collection on CERN for AI
  • UK Frontier AI Taskforce report (2023)
  • International interim report (2024)
  • Bengio's paper - AI and Catastrophic Risk
  • Davidad's Safeguarded AI program at ARIA
  • MIT Technology Review article - Four things to know about China’s new AI rules in 2024
  • GovInsider article - Australia’s national policy for ethical use of AI starts to take shape
  • Future of Privacy forum article - The African Union’s Continental AI Strategy: Data Protection and Governance Laws Set to Play a Key Role in AI Regulation

Taxes

  • Macroeconomic Dynamics paper - Automation, Stagnation, and the Implications of a Robot Tax
  • CESifo paper - AI, Automation, and Taxation
  • GavTax article - Taxation of Artificial Intelligence and Automation

Perplexity Pages

  • CERN for AI page
  • China's AI policy page
  • Singapore's AI policy page
  • AI policy in Africa, India, Australia page

Other Sources

  • Artificial Intelligence Made Simple article - NYT's "AI Outperforms Doctors" Story Is Wrong
  • Intel report - Reclaim Your Day: The Impact of AI PCs on Productivity
  • Heise Online article - Users on AI PCs slower, Intel sees problem in unenlightened users
  • The Hack
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