If I was governor I'd do it anyway. EOs are not decrees

But... "states' rights!"

I keep waiting for Republicans to revolt, but then I remember they're Republicans.

Isn't it just a bit suspicious that the industry is preemptively asking for deregulation? It's like they know they're going to do some shady shit and want to make sure no pesky laws get in the way.

The party of states' rights and fiscal conservatism never was.

Where are the Libertarians now?

Remember, this is what they are doing publicly, right out in the open.

We have a black budget system where rule of law doesn't matter... AI is already killing people, controlling warbots, and more. If we are very, very lucky, we'll know the "truth" in 50 years or so.

Do you know what the CIA did after FOIA became a problem? They burned the vast majority of records, with the tidbits they "missed" being truly horrifying. I personally think it was a message, the message being "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here".

The "states rights" people will just ignore this PR move like they do with everything else he does.

When the law no longer pretends to serve the people, it loses a big part of it's social power.

Many people in power today don't seem to really understand the nature of power.

So that title is technically false. Executive Orders apply to the operation of the federal government only, Trump has not blocked anything.

Trump signed an order which claims to be blocking. Trump attempted blocking.

sTaTeS rIgHts *

*does not apply to Democrats or people trying to protect human rights within a state if it conflicts with right wing authoritarians' vision for how everyone else should live.

Good thing executive orders are not laws.

Not how this works.

And suddenly, State Republicans are fine with having the Federal government take away their rights.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this effectively toothless? Like executive orders only effect things directly under federal and more specifically executive purview meaning even a city government could pass a regulation on AI in their area and it'd have more legal weight than an executive order. Or are they abusing unrelated powers to declare that no one can regulate AI?

Like I'm pretty sure the supremacy clause doesn't apply to executive orders.

Executive orders don't apply to states. States are not federal employees

Let me get this straight. AI now has more rights than we do?

So are they saying AI is a national security threat? Or that living without AI is a national security threat, in which one would imagine AI should be provided free access by the federal government to every person, as it is a threat to not have access? As an executive order is designed to be used only for an issue of national security, which we must have been living in such a threat since the country was founded until now.

What about States rights?

Id imagine this may get thrown out in court

States can lawfully tell Trump where to stick his executive disorders.

State rights much?

"Let's push something that destroys the ecology and economy! We'll call it "AI"! People everywhere will be jobless and suffering except for us!". The world, with usa as a superpower, is very badly broken. Maybe it's time to drop off the usa at the old folks home.

So the US is at the stage where whatever this orange jerkoff farts out of his decrepit dementia-riddled mind - becomes law? And aligned states will listen to this pap, non-aligned states will Ignore? Cause ruling by EOs like isn’t a thing

This is almost certainly because this very thin economy, or at least the stock market, is only barely staying afloat on the back of the AI bubble. This move could create room for them to superficially extend the bubble as long as possible and maximize their profits.

Trump still doesn't understand how anything works? Right.. never did.

Is it me or is the Cheetos purposely driving the US into a civil war? Like, I would immediately believe it of evidence shows up that trump was paid by Putin to kill the US, but the more and more o see him doing this shit, I really believe he's purposely trying to wreck that shit hole country

Quick start spamming the web with Trump AI images

CNN: This is fine

Again, not legal

Look at all these sad pathetic old men, who feel like they have to do terrible things in order to be remembered or rich, sad empty shells of human with dead eyes who totally missed the point of this whole thing and only want to play monopoly. I sincerely hope they all burn.

Where’s all those anti-abortion turds screaming about states rights now?

In a normal world, I'd expect this to get smacked down hard in the courts. But, we can pretty much count on Thomas, Alito and Gorsch being on board with Trump as an overt dictator. So, it just becomes a question about how much leverage the Trump administration has on Kavanaugh, Barret and Roberts. It's pretty sad that we're counting on three compromised people to protect the rule of law.

The order could have far-reaching effects on US efforts to dominate the nascent technology, which has already become a significant part of the economy and the stock market but which also still remains untested in many ways.

Fucking HOW, CNN? It doesn't just not have far reaching effects, it has zero effect.

I feel like I'm being gaslit by news organizations deciding an executive order has relevancy to state laws. They don't even pretend that there's some novel legal theory that could maybe allow it, they just write the whole article like it's a royal decree and self obviously impactful.

Trump signs (meaningless and unenforceable) executive order... blah blah blah