Joe Biden Grew More Worried About AI After Watching ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning,’ Says White House Deputy
variety.comEthan Shanfeld President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday establishing new standards and security measures regarding artificial intelligence.
Deputy White House chief of staff Bruce Reed told the Associated Press that AI is an issue of great importance to the president, who was “impressed and alarmed” after seeing “fake AI images of himself” and learning about the “terrifying technology of voice cloning.” According to Reed, Biden’s concern about AI also grew after watching “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” at Camp David. “If he hadn’t already been concerned about what could go wrong with AI before that movie, he saw plenty more to worry about,” said Reed, who watched the film with Biden.
In “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning,” Tom Cruise‘s Ethan Hunt fights a nonhuman villain, the sentient and dangerous AI known as the Entity.
In the opening sequence of the film, the Entity hijacks and sinks a submarine, killing its entire crew. According to AP, “Biden was profoundly curious about the technology in the months of meetings that led up to drafting the order.” He met with scientists who explained the potential upside of AI, as well as its dangers.
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