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Christine Lemmer-Webber Mar 21

White House puts out National Policy framework regarding AI https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/03.20.26-National-Policy-Framework-for-Artificial-Intelligence-Legislative-Recommendations.pdf

A couple quick things to note:

- It says that while the White House believes AI output should not be subject to copyright, it also acknowledges the matter is *NOT SETTLED* and defers to the courts (this is increasingly my read as I've been reading more and more about the state of case law: FOSS projects incorporating AI output be warned!)
- It says that states should not be allowed to make state level decisions restricting AI. Once again, Republicans like to sell themselves as "states rights" advocates, but it's only when it suits them.

This isn't policy yet, but it's indicating where the White House would like to push said policy. Again, I would consider all of these things extremely unsettled, in the US, but ESPECIALLY internationally.

Christine Lemmer-Webber

Also, and I want to say more on this soon, but if you think that the big AI players are hoping for *anything but* them being able to put a legislative moat around themselves where output *is* copyrighted and training materials *are* restricted but they're the *only ones* able to play, you're being a fool.

Their key goal is to capture rent on all intellectual pursuits.

@cwebber This is one of those cases where the Trump admin believes their own side's propaganda that's meant for voters, not decision makers. Here it's "the free market will bring AI breakthroughs" while AI companies know the models are stagnating and would really like a state-backed monopoly. Similarly, "the military can crush anyone in a couple of weeks" is a message intended for voters, not decision makers, and yet the admin seems to have believed it when attacking Iran.

Nuwagaba Gift Mar 21

@Siroj42
It's so unbelievable how they're falling for thr same traps they set for others . Is the Trump administration still able to deceive more people?

Joe Brockmeier Mar 21

@nuwagaba2 @Siroj42 I think it's a mistake to assume that people in the Trump administration "believe" what they say, or that they're as dumb as they look.

I mean, they're _dumb_ in the same ways that mob bosses like Gotti or Capone were dumb.

But they're cunning, and they're being manipulated by people who know exactly how things would work when we attacked Iran.

The key to understanding what Trump, et al, are doing is that their goal is to destabilize the United States and conduct the biggest bust out in the history of mankind. They're undermining all of the infrastructure and systems that have made the U.S. a superpower.

What's going on right now in Iran benefits Israel and benefits Russia. It was never meant to benefit the people of the U.S.

Destabilizing our economy creates chaos at home that Trump's backers can take advantage of. Look at other news about Trump trying desperately to kill off any and all windfarms and other renewable energy sources.

It's meant to keep us dependent on oil. And they mean to ensure that Putin can go back to selling oil and funding his attacks on Ukraine and beyond.

Sure, they fix their mouths to claim to believe what they're doing is good for their base -- but they've never believed it. It's a mistake to think they believe what they say, any time.

Taran Rampersad Mar 21

@jzb @nuwagaba2 @Siroj42 This is something I have been considering too.

Not dumb. Clever in ways that have evolved from an incentive system that rewards it.

Not smart.

Nu Modular Mar 22

@jzb It's an easy scale from Divide and Conquer, to Capitalist grift.

Glen T, heated, not stirred Mar 22

@jzb @nuwagaba2 @Siroj42 Hmm.

Look at the Signal group chat provided to The Atlantic. That had no audience. JD Vance was more anti-Nato than in public.

Camille Winds Down Mar 22

@jzb
In their effort to regain a fantastical White Christian Past, they seem to have allowed the ahistorical version of world events to take root and drive policy decisions.

Just last week, Trump sang the praises of Churchill to the Taoiseach of Ireland and then asked the Japanese PM why they didn't coordinate with us on Pearl Harbor. They seem to all repeat the "47 years" bit about Iran without a clear understanding of what preceded those 47 and why.
@nuwagaba2 @Siroj42

Camille Winds Down Mar 22

@jzb
Which is to say: if you are too busy revising history, you will fail to learn from it.
@nuwagaba2 @Siroj42

Mr.Mark "The Sharpie King"Mar 22

@jzb @nuwagaba2 @Siroj42
Bingo…

@cwebber I'd been wondering if they don't actually care if Copyright becomes obsolete. Maybe they'd even encourage it.
So long as they can replace it for themselves with enforcement of whatever Terms of Service.
ToS rather than Copyright seems to have been a trend already. For them it might be a logical conclusion?

Taran Rampersad Mar 21

@ekes @cwebber They're going to have to fight Mickey and his gang.

Definitely unstable times.

Feral 3D Mar 21

@cwebber donyou think this age verification crap has anything to do with that? I feel like they are gearing up to 'protect children' and use this overreach to control the market and prevent open source models from becoming widely accepted.

Taran Rampersad Mar 21

@Feral_3D @cwebber I would definitely link it to surveillance.

Surveillance->Ai->Intention->Steering.
Surveillainice->AI->Intention->$$$

Feral 3D Mar 22

@knowprose @cwebber I don't understand thar. What do you mean?

aburka 🫣Mar 22

@cwebber I'm sure they'll graciously grant us a license to use that copyrighted slop in our apps.

What's that, you cancelled your Claude Pro Max subscription because we tripled the price? Sorry not sorry, we'll have to repossess your code.