Following President Trump’s executive order targeting state-level AI bills, the Florida governor warns that the technology could become an ‚existential crisis for self-government.‘
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is sounding the alarm on the risks of artificial intelligence and the impact its growth will have on the state’s residents and economy.
The idea that AI „is going to supplant humans and this other stuff, we have to reject that with every fiber of our being,” DeSantis said at a Dec. 15 event in Jupiter, Florida, Politico reports.
„Let’s not try to act like some type of fake videos or fake songs are going to deliver us to some kind of utopia“, he added at another event three days later. DeSantis, a Republican, has also warned that the technology, specifically deepfakes that can easily manipulate the public, could pose “a potential existential crisis for self-government.“
The comments follow President Trump’s Dec. 12 executive order that calls on federal agencies to evaluate state-level AI laws and go after those that they deem „burdensome.
