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I'm convinced and plan to read it today, but of course I could fail to finish if it surprises me.

yeah, this is pretty much a must. Probably the most important event ever on the policy side of AI safety

To take just one example: people are now openly misreporting the section 4.2 reporting requirements as a "ban on math" instead of dealing with their far gnarlier other issues on risk of overbroadness (for which I credit a discussion with @patio11 here: https://x.com/patio11/status/1719180676040106376?s=20).

So I think, yeah, you really should read it.

Damn it all to hell.

Is the text available? https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/ says he "issued" the order (in the text), but I can't find it anywhere.

FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence | The White House

Today, President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The Executive Order establishes new standards for AI safety and security, protects Americans’ privacy, advances equity and civil rights, stands up for consumers and workers, promotes innovation and…

Also, can I lobby against my position? ;) As a regular reader of your blog, I'd appreciate if you read it. Life happens though, so I can't see this being above 90%.

@DanielTilkin https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/

Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence | The White House

     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:      Section 1.  Purpose.  Artificial intelligence (AI) holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril.  Responsible AI use has the potential to help solve urgent challenges…

You should read this executive order because it is highly likely to represent, to some significant degree, the existing state of US executive branch thinking and capability on AI and the near-future actions it will take.

The most likely process for generating various rounds of drafts of the EO requires various executive agencies (and, likely, outside stakeholders like think tanks and AI orgs) to be asked 1. for their opinions on what they currently believe are problems and 2. what they could plausibly commit to do to help address that.

Beyond that, this is the big reference document for the next 15 months for the executive branch on AI, regardless of whatever happens in 2024. The EO's language will get incorporated-by-reference into lots of other decisions downstream, and will likely drive lots of actions by executive branch agencies. (Admittedly, in some instances people will, ah, quote selectively to give themselves permission to do what they already wanted to do, but even then, they'll be limited somewhat by how far the language can be bent.)

In other words, the "thou shalt and shalt not" of this EO will reveal quite a lot.

(Note that I also think it's separately interesting for you to just generally read an EO if you've never done so before -- they are fascinating documents, conceptually -- but I assume you very likely have.)

@DaveK I would also take on more size on my position if this market was thicker, but am unwilling to trade this up any farther.

@DaveK i agree with all of this, and would add that so much discourse is vibes-based that you won't be able to trust anyone else's summary if you are going to do any work at all.