I’m not who you responded to, but it does seem that there’s a lot more fear-mongering about the executive order in this thread than actual problems. This is clearly aimed at basic regulation of huge AI. Lots of stuff in here is fairly common sense - help people determine what’s created purely by machine vs what isn’t so that they’re not misinformed or defrauded, reform some data scraping stuff to protect privacy and keep an AI model from getting too much unnecessary personal info in its training (like, it probably doesn’t need your home address to train, not that I don’t imagine a use for such a thing, but that would need to be regulated).

Read the bullet points, it’s not that long, and it’s not that hard to understand. People are running around this thread talking about “Download and start torrenting everything OMG!”. That’s just… not a reasonable or rational take on the substance of the order. I would be concerned about things like the casual mention of predictive policing (though, again, regulation is needed to prevent it, so it’s gotta be mentioned as something to be regulated).

But if you’re an open source hobbyist or enthusiast, your reaction to this should be a resounding “meh”. If you’re a researcher or professional, I think I’d pay a lot more attention, but I’m not qualified to tell you whether or not the substance of it is a problem for your field.