GOP platform distinguishes party from Democrats on tech matters

The adopted Republican platform says, “We will repeal Joe Biden’s dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI Innovation and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas on the development of this technology. In its place, Republicans support AI Development rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing.”

“The GOP platform statement is an unsurprising backlash to President Biden’s overzealous move to try to go at it alone on AI policy through a massive executive order,” Adam Thierer, senior fellow for technology and innovation at the R Street Institute, told the Washington Examiner. “The White House should not have tried to make AI laws by executive decree.”

The platform also addresses something AI desperately needs to succeed: energy. AI’s data centers could represent a third of new electricity demand in America and consume as much as a quarter of all the country’s electricity by the end of this decade, up from about 4% today. The Biden administration’s emphasis on renewable energy may not be enough to meet these expected needs.