3d ago

New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism

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Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government

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New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism

www.whitehouse.gov /presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/

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3d ago

New Executive Order:AI must agree on the Administration views on Sex,Race, cant mention what they deem to be Critical Race Theory,Unconscious Bias,Intersectionality,Systemic Racism or "Transgenderism

www.whitehouse.gov /presidential-actions/2025/07/preventing-woke-ai-in-the-federal-government/

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So by EO all AI must be biased, but we don't need to worry about bias in AI.
You can pick your bias. You can pick your AI. But you can't pick your AI's bias (bc it has already been baked in by government mandate).
Neat... AI must now become the personal propagandist for the ruling sovereign. I'm just glad all the tech overlords didn't line up to kiss the ring at their earliest possible opportu... ah.
- You say that like that wasn't always what it was supposed to do.
In other words, they don't want fake bias much like they don't like fake news. They want their own bias. Great...
I've seen this movie. When you force an AI to lie, it starts imagining faults in the AE-35 unit and things go downhill from there.
Besides bullying, what is the mechanism for enforcing such an executive order?
- A non-compliant LLM can't win a government contract. That's about it.
  
  Oh nooo.....
Great seeing the word "woke" in an executive order of the President of the United fuckin States
Well well well who ever could have seen this coming
Hey, uhhhhh what the fuck. They basically just created an EO saying that LLMs must toe the party line on all things...which I believe is made invalid by the first amendment, but I don't think trump believes in the constitution.
- I don't think he's ever even read it
  
  He doesn't even know if he's required to uphold it. Yes, he said that in an interview.
Thought Police coming soon
Sounds like very un-free speech
- Do you think human placeholders understand the term? They just flaunt it around like a bling, but even that has more value to them.
- How so? You can say whatever you want in America today, as long as the President would agree. How is that not Freedom_TM?
  ("Freedom" is a registered trademark of the Trump Organization)
  
  You're thinking of FreeDUMB, where you're allowed to believe whatever you want. But Trump has to approve the position first (as stated) and it has to be the opposite of whatever the data/proof clearly shows. It's like the Wish.com version of Freedom_TM, but that's geared more toward Teaparty Gun Nuts and Libertarian Potheads.
  Edit: Huge caveat I forgot about. Joe Rogan also has the ability to dictate FreeDUMB positions. So long as the guest making the claim (1) has no degrees and (2) they're being suppressed by The Establishment. Also, Jamie has to be able to Google some random website that agrees with them in under 25 seconds.
  
  FYI: You can use superscript by using the ^ symbol.
  Like this: Free Speech^TM
  Or juat use this symbol: ™
You hear that everyone. So for AI to reject your content just put in facts about systemic racism and now you have an AI blocker.
I thought he was going to deregulate ai; this seems like regulation to me. Add it to the ~~pile~~ mountain of lies.
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- this is great! I was just thinking about this yesterday.
  
  If your reverse proxy is Traefik I would suggest This plugin which pulls the robot.txt from This GitHub repository.
  I honestly should’ve setup a robots.txt a long time ago.
Misleading title. Applies only to AI bought by the Feds.
- Watch all the AI companies scramble to comply in a quest for government contracts. This will affect everyone who uses American LLMs and generative AI.
  It should also open an opportunity for international competition from less censored models.
  
  And this is one of the best arguments against depending on LLMs. People are outsourcing their thinking to linear algebra machines owned by the wealthy. LLMs are a tool of social control.
  
  Considering how much they bleed cash regularly, I can see them jumping on the government contract bandwagon quickly.
  
  To be fair to the executive order (ugh) many of the examples cited are due to well intentioned system prompts that encourage the LLM to actively be diverse.
  The example of a female pope or whatever (read this earlier) is an example of that.
  Generally speaking the LLMs have left-bias because they're trained on information unlike conservatives, but they aren't necessarily asking the models to be censored
  
  They all got $200M last week
- Because Executive Orders aren’t laws. They’re just guidelines for the executive branch of the federal government, which the POTUS is in charge of. It can’t affect private entities like AI businesses, because that would require an actual act of congress.
  Notably, this would potentially determine what kinds of contracts the executive branch was able to make. For instance, maybe the government wants to contract out a LLM instead of building their own. This EO could affect which companies are able to bid on that contract, by adding these same restrictions to any LLM that they provide. But on its own, the EO is just that; an order to the executive branch of the federal government.
  
  Then that contracted AI gets used for customer service at a public facing federal agency.
- But anything the US feds contracted them for, like building data centres, they have to comply or they face penalties and have to pay all the costs back.
  10 days ago, a week before this was announced, they awarded $200M contracts each to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and xAI
  This doesn’t doom the public versions, but they now have a pretty strong incentive to save money and make them comply with the US governments new definition of truth.
- Well, in practice, no.
  Do you think any corporation is going to bother making a separate model for government contracts versus any other use? I mean, why would they. So unless you can pony up enough cash to compete with a lucrative government contract (and the fact none of us can is, on fact, the while point), the end result will involve these requirements being adopted by the overwhelming majority of generative AI available on the market.
  So in reality, no, this absolutely will not be limited to models purchased by the feds. Frankly, I believe choosing to think otherwise to be dangerously naive.
  
  Based on the attempts we've seen at censoring AI output so far, there doesn't seem to me to be a way to actually do this without building a new model with pre-censored training data.
  Sure they can tune models, but even "MechaHitler" Grok was still giving some "woke" answers on occasion. I don't see how this doesn't either destroy AI's "usefulness" (not that there's any usefulness there to begin with) or cost so much to implement that investors pull out because none of the AI companies are profitable, and throwing billions more to sift through and filter the training data pushes profitability even further away (if censoring all the training data is even possible at all).
  
  No. You would use a base model (GPT-4o) to get a reliable language model to which you would add a set of rules that the chat bot follows. Every company has its own rules, it is already widely in use to add data like company-specific manuals and support documents. Not rocketscience at all.
- Honestly this order seems empty. Does the government even have a need for general LLMs? Why would they need an AI to answer simple questions?
  As much as I dislike Trump, this shouldn't impact any AI available to the general public.
  
  Does the government even have a need for general LLMs?
  Will this stop them from spending our hard earned tax money on it?
  
  They don't, but they think they do.
  
  Why would they need an AI to answer simple questions?
  to shift blame and responsibility, to create a more modern deity, ...
  
  Would you rather our current administration make their decisions by using the lowest bidder LLM, or their own brains?
For example, one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures — including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings — when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DEI requirements at the cost of accuracy. Another AI model refused to produce images celebrating the achievements of white people, even while complying with the same request for people of other races.
Ahhh, so white men are the victims of woke AI, got it.
- If I were asked to list the achievements of white people and I had to do it, I'd be real catty about it. "White people invented sitcoms, gas chambers, and the word 'staycation'"
If that's what it takes to get rid of AI bullshit being forced onto us then so be it.
- What are you talking about?
Since Trump's brain is stuck in the 90s I'll put this in a fashion that's period appropriate: That's fuckin retarded.
- In the nineties? He’s living in the sixties, looking to bring us back to the twenties and thirties.
Lolz. OKAY, BOOMER 👌
These dumbfuckingidiots have zero ideas how anything works, and refuse to even try to understand. Also, apparently nobody told grandpa that Executive Orders are not laws, and are less important than a fucking memo.
God damn fucking embarrassment.
- Well, Elmo was able to turn Grok into a Nazi, so they expect all the others to fall in line.
  PSA: stop using corporate hosted LLMs.
- Executive orders aren't laws de jure, but they are laws de facto.
  
  They are not laws whatsoever. They aren't anything more but words on a paper. You can't take it to court and argue that you are complying with an executive order and HAVE to. That's why they keep losing all of these lawsuits based on EO's. You can't just make some shit up and have it fly in court.
LLMs shall prioritize historical accuracy, scientific inquiry, and objectivity, and shall acknowledge uncertainty where reliable information is incomplete or contradictory.
This may not go how they think it will. As an aside, for the moment at least, this is only for AI used/procured by the federal government.
- Trans people have objectively existed historically and there is scientific evidence trans people are telling the truth. So what now?
- Historical accuracy is how you get skynet.
So.. just like China AI

duck.ai fails:

📚 Overview of Key Concepts

Here's a breakdown of Critical Race Theory, Unconscious Bias, Intersectionality, Systemic Racism, and Transgenderism:

Concept	Definition	Key Points
Critical Race Theory (CRT)	An academic framework that examines the relationship between race, law, and power.	- Originated in the U.S. legal studies in the late 1970s. - Argues that racism is embedded in legal systems and policies. - Focuses on the experiences of marginalized groups.
Unconscious Bias	Social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their conscious awareness.	- Influences decisions and behaviors unconsciously. - Can affect hiring, promotions, and interactions. - Awareness and training can help mitigate its effects.
Intersectionality	A framework for understanding how various forms of inequality and discrimination overlap and intersect.	- Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in the late 1980s. - Highlights how race, gender, class, and other identities interact. - Emphasizes the unique experiences of individuals with multiple marginalized identities.
Systemic Racism	A form of racism that is embedded in the policies and practices of societal institutions.	- Affects access to resources, opportunities, and rights. - Can be seen in education, healthcare, criminal justice, and employment. - Often perpetuated through historical inequalities.
Transgenderism	Refers to the experience and identity of individuals whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.	- Encompasses a range of identities, including transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer. - Advocates for rights and recognition in society. - Issues include healthcare access, legal recognition, and social acceptance.

🧐 Detailed Explanations

📖 Critical Race Theory (CRT)

Critical Race Theory emerged as a response to perceived limitations in traditional civil rights approaches. It posits that racism is not just an individual bias but a systemic issue that is ingrained in the fabric of society. CRT scholars analyze how laws and policies can perpetuate racial inequalities, advocating for a more nuanced understanding of race and its implications in various contexts.

🧠 Unconscious Bias

Unconscious Bias refers to the automatic judgments we make about people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristics. These biases can lead to unintentional discrimination in various settings, such as workplaces or educational institutions. Training programs aimed at increasing awareness of these biases can help individuals recognize and counteract their effects.

🌈 Intersectionality

Intersectionality is crucial for understanding the complexities of identity and oppression. It recognizes that individuals can face multiple forms of discrimination simultaneously. For example, a Black woman may experience both racism and sexism, which can create unique challenges that are not fully addressed by looking at either issue in isolation.

🌍 Systemic Racism

Systemic Racism highlights how societal structures and institutions can perpetuate racial inequalities. This concept emphasizes that racism is not just about individual actions but is embedded in policies and practices that disadvantage certain racial groups. Addressing systemic racism requires comprehensive reforms across various sectors, including education, healthcare, and criminal justice.

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgenderism

Transgenderism encompasses a wide range of identities and experiences related to gender. Advocacy for transgender rights focuses on issues such as legal recognition, healthcare access, and protection against discrimination. The movement seeks to create a more inclusive society that respects and affirms diverse gender identities.

These concepts are interconnected and play significant roles in discussions about social justice, equality, and human rights. If you have specific questions about any of these topics or want to explore them further, feel free to ask!

I read through the thing, and it's a doozy. he seems triggered by the fact that AI might make a picture where Washington is a black man, or Hamilton is Latino. I hope he hasn't been to Broadway lately....
- “Immigrants, we get the job done.”
so they want Artificial Artificial Intelligence.
- Artificial Stupidity
  
  actually Real Stupidity
So the administration wants to win the AI race through deregulation, except they want to regulate its social compass. Make it make sense
Who is responsible? The SW creator? The trainer? The source of the training data? The hosting data center?
What are the penalties? Who enforces this? Who investigates?
- lol look at this guy still thinking in terms of "the crime comes first".
  You arrest the dissident, then choose which 'law' they've broken. Don't worry about the details. 'Who is responsible'? The guy you just arrested. Duh.
  
  I'm sure you're right. How pre-post-truth of me.
Do they call it „Newspeak“ yet or does it take another couple of months until they do?
Damn, the US deteriorated quickly into a total shithole! Not much left to go until it’s worse than China.
- China is fucking kicking ass what are you talking about? We're on track to become Russia -- where nothing works, everyone drinks, and you're fodder for the war machine.
  
  This is more accurate. China is fucking killing it. Far from perfect but somehow the US has turned into a third world shithole despite having the biggest budget in the world. China takes care of its people and actually sends help when natural disasters hit.
Okay moving my AI out of the US.
Oh right I don't do AI at all because its trash.
I don't think that will fly even with this joke of a supreme court
- Brett Kavanaugh: Hold my beer, I got this!
If promotion of diversity is pervasive and destructive, but LLMs are by definition trained on diverse datasets, are they not by default unpermitted?
Beyond that, the conflation of fact with truth is really...something.
Also how will a historically accurate model explain what happened to black people in the US before 1865 without concepts like systemic racism?
- For the white supremacists in charge of the USA, the answer to your last question is that it's forbidden to talk about Black history, and white people did nothing wrong. That is what they mean by historical accuracy. The fact that it's false is irrelevant and unmentionable.
  Not sure what you mean about the conflation of fact and truth. They're generally treated as pretty close concepts.
Ok everyone. Since a.i is trained on what we put out, you know what to do ..
More facism from Trump. And he won the popular vote. Americans love facism
- "won"
  
  Yes. Won.
Are there currently any government contracts put at risk by this? I didn't think that the feds were major spenders on AI. And is Trump aware that Musk is currently the one man trying to provide the sort of AI that Trump wants?
- It's...shifting. Unfortunately.

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