Many civil society leaders told CNBC the order does not go far enough to recognize and address real-world harms that stem from AI models — especially those affecting marginalized communities.
"One of the thrusts of the executive order is definitely that 'AI can improve governmental administration, make our lives better and we don't want to stand in way of innovation,'" Venzke told CNBC.
Mitchell wished she had seen "foresight" approaches highlighted in the executive order, such as disaggregated evaluation approaches, which can analyze a model as data is scaled up.
Even experts who praised the executive order's scope believe the work will be incomplete without action from Congress.
For example, it seeks to work within existing immigration law to make it easier to retain high-skilled AI workers in the U.S.
Persons:
Kamala Harris applauds, Joe Biden, Maya Wiley, Biden, Kamala Harris, Cody Venzke, Venzke, Margaret Mitchell, Mitchell, Joy Buolamwini, Divyansh Kaushik, Kaushik
Organizations:
White, Conference, Civil, Human, CNBC, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, League, Federation of American
Locations:
Washington ,, Washington , DC, New York, U.S