AI Rights at the White House Unjustly Misconstrued, Claims Center for Data Innovation
In a recent statement, the Center for Data Innovation, led by Director Daniel Castro, has expressed concerns about the White House's AI Bill of Rights. The organization considers the Bill an "insult" to both AI and the original Bill of Rights.
The AI Bill of Rights, published by the White House, labels digital technologies like AI as "among the great challenges posed to democracy." However, the Center for Data Innovation argues that the potential risks of AI are not as great as portrayed by the Bill. Existing laws that protect Americans from discrimination and unlawful surveillance apply equally to digital and non-digital risks.
The Center for Data Innovation also suggests that using AI does not give businesses a "get out of jail free" card. Instead, they encourage the Biden administration to push for comprehensive federal data protection legislation, rather than promoting a non-binding set of guidelines for the AI Bill of Rights.
Critics argue that the AI Bill of Rights focuses exclusively on protecting civil liberties from algorithms, which could discourage recent college graduates from pursuing a career in AI development. It is also believed that this focus may make it harder for the United States to compete against China in the global race for AI advantage.
However, the Center for Data Innovation's stance on the White House's AI Bill of Rights remains unspecified in public records or the latest policy analyses available. The organization has not publicly stated a current stance on the Bill, possibly due to the recent shift in the White House's AI policy under the Trump Administration.
The new policy, an AI Action Plan, emphasizes deregulation, innovation acceleration, and a deregulatory federal framework, distancing itself from prior Biden-era AI principles and regulatory approaches including the AI Bill of Rights and related high-level governance principles.
Despite the lack of a clear stance from the Center for Data Innovation, improvements in AI will come faster through a national strategy focused on accelerating AI development and adoption, rather than creating new laws, regulations, or guidelines focused exclusively on protecting civil liberties from algorithms.
- The Center for Data Innovation, concerned about the White House's AI Bill of Rights, views the Bill as an "insult" to both AI and the original Bill of Rights.
- The AI Bill of Rights, published by the White House, considers digital technologies like AI as "among the great challenges posed to democracy." However, the Center for Data Innovation argues that the potential risks of AI are not as great as portrayed by the Bill.
- The Center for Data Innovation encourages the Biden administration to push for comprehensive federal data protection legislation, rather than promoting a non-binding set of guidelines for the AI Bill of Rights.
- Critics argue that the AI Bill of Rights' focus on protecting civil liberties from algorithms could discourage recent college graduates from pursuing a career in AI development.
- The Center for Data Innovation believes that improvements in AI will come faster through a national strategy focused on accelerating AI development and adoption, rather than creating new laws, regulations, or guidelines focused exclusively on protecting civil liberties from algorithms.
