The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies.
The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support workers, promote innovation and competition, advance US leadership in AI technologies, and ensure the responsible and effective government use of the technology.
That’s not even the problem. He could still make good policies, since he’s not even making them himself. The issue is that they’re apparently non-binding, which means it’s simply a worthless gesture at best.