Trump to issue order creating national AI rule

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8 points·geox··10 comments

Are we just going to continue to ignore that Trump has no legal authority to do this? Such action requires legislation, not executive orders. Executive orders can't preempt state law.

What do you think about the rationale?

He provided no rationale for why this is something that can be done through executive order.

His argument that it's better to have a single national rule has some merit, but that's congress' job, not his.

Having one national set of AI laws and guidelines rather than a patchwork of AI laws and guidelines is certainly better for the AI companies - but it's up to Congress - which has representation from all the states - to create the legislation to do so.

That tracks. How long do you think we should wait for Congress to do so, considering how long AI has now been "out there"? Another 6 months? 12 months? Indefinitely?

Considering we don't have anything like the DSA or CCPA yet, I wouldn't hold my breath

The president has no authority to usurp the responsibility of Congress, regardless of how slow Congress moves. This is why diplomacy and diplomatic skills matter. You can't act like a two-year old and throw tantrums and expect to get things done. Donald Trump has never learned to work within the confines of the law.

How long should we wait before we allow POTUS to act unilaterally in circumvention of the constitution?

"Congress is being slow; we should just illegally pretend to make a law" is not a _great_ argument, tbh.

Yeah, I mean, this should be interesting --

https://www.flgov.com/eog/news/press/2025/governor-ron-desan...

"Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Proposal for Citizen Bill of Rights for Artificial Intelligence"

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