Ron DeSantis warns Iowans about 'woke' AI

'It does have a little bit of a political agenda. And so there's a lot of power to it.'

Ron DeSantis is telling Hawkeye State Republicans his concerns about Artificial Intelligence.

And one of them is that AI is too “woke.”

During a town hall event in Osceola, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidate was asked by an attendee about AI, a question that has yet to come up during this campaign.

“So, you have some of these big AI companies, a lot of their data, you know, is more woke. It does have a little bit of a political agenda. And so, there’s a lot of power to it,” DeSantis said.

The Governor, whose war on woke involves skirmishes with the U.S. Military, The Walt Disney Co., and classrooms from kindergarten to college, apparently adds another potential front in the ongoing conflict.

Beyond concerns about wokeness, DeSantis outlined his belief that America’s strategic competitors are using the technology, with a worry about AI replacing the human touch.

“China is trying to do it for its military. We’re going to have to compete on the military side with AI, but I don’t want a society in which computers overtake humanity,” DeSantis said. “And I don’t know what the appropriate guardrail is federally because a lot is going to change in a year and a half with this because it’s going so rapidly.”

“But at the same time,” DeSantis said. “We want any technology to benefit our citizens and benefit humanity. We don’t want it to displace our citizens or displace humanity.”

“So as this happens, and there’s rapid development every month, every two months, we’re going to be looking to see, OK, you know, what is it that we need to do. And if there are guard rails that need to be put in place, you know, I would be willing to do that. I think it’s important for society.”

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Dont Say FLA
July 27, 2023 at 9:23 pm

It’s not clear Rhonda that has any clue what AI is. He definitely doesn’t know what woke is. But he does see competition coming from AI for what Rhonda thinks is HIS job: displacing humanity.
Michael K
July 27, 2023 at 9:49 pm

You know, he’s like, you know, like stuff and things, you know, crazy. Certifiably dangerous and unfit.
- My Take
  July 27, 2023 at 10:05 pm
  
  Artificial Derangement is the competition he needs to worry about.
PeterH
July 27, 2023 at 10:33 pm

Ok…. someone in the GQP needs to log in Republican conspiracy theory number 978!

“THE WOKE AI INVASION”
- My Take
  August 5, 2023 at 9:17 am
  
  And I’ll bet they’re massed on thè Mexican bordèr.,
Tjb
July 27, 2023 at 11:00 pm

Will DeSantis ever talk about real issues facing Americans and how he plans to fix these problems?
- Rhonda's Box
  July 27, 2023 at 11:32 pm
  
  You know, he’s like, you know, like working on talking. He’ll graduate to real issues after he learns to speak coherently, but only if he can get there on a baseball scholarship.
Tom
July 28, 2023 at 6:24 am

So artificial intelligence divided by woke equals abject stupidity. Apparently this is the new desantis algorithm.
dead coral reefs in Florida
July 28, 2023 at 7:41 am

Wake up Rona! Florida’s cherished coral reefs are all dying while you are babbling about nonsense in Iowa. Woke AI, seriously? Pathetic.
Scared And White
July 28, 2023 at 7:46 am

Scared White Jill, afraid of the robot computers.
- Dont Say FLA
  July 28, 2023 at 9:07 am
  
  To be fair to Jill, she is married to a hugely defective early model robot computer.
Igary salters
July 28, 2023 at 8:36 am

I SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERING TO VOTE AND SUPPORT THIS MAN THAT THEY NEED TO THINK VERY HAED ABOUT WHAT THIS MAN BELIEVE AND WHAT HE SAID WILL DO AND ABOUT THE THINGS HE HAVE DONE HERE IN FLORIDA UNFORTUILY WHO WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE A LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE HERE IN FLORIDA TO VOTE AND SUPPORT HIM HIS POLICIES HAVED HURT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE A LARGE OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BOYCOTT BUD LITE BEER BECAUSE AB WANTED TO INCREASE THEIR SALES TO THE LGBQT+ BY USING A MEMBER OF THE LGBQT+ COMMUNITY IN A AD HE CALL THIS BEING WOKE ALL IT DID WAS TO CAUSE THE SALE OF BUD LITE TO PLUMMEL DOWN AND WHEN THIS HAPPEN MONEY FROM THE PROFITS THAT OF AB WENT DOWN CAUSING MONEY FROM AB PROFITS THAT FUND FLORIDA PENSION FUND TO GO DOWN MEANING THAT PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON FLORIDA PENSION FOR RETAIRMEENT THEIR RETIRMNT PENSION WENT DOWN AND REMEMBER THE FIGHT HE STARTED WITH WALT DISINEY THE TOP EMPLOYER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA A COMPANY THAT IS THE BIGEST TAX CONTRIBUTORS TO THE STATE WHICH ALLOWS THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA TO NOT HAVE TO PAY A STATE TAX BECAUSE OF THE LARGE TOURISM BUSINESS BECAUSE DISINEY SPOKE OUT AGAINST HIS ANTI – LGBQT+ AND HIS ANTI * WOKE POLICIES WHICH THE THOUSANDS OF DISNEY EMPLOYESS DIDN’T SUPPORT COMMUNICATED TO THE OWNER THAT THEY WANTED DISNEY TO STAND UP TO AND NOT SUPPORT DESANTIS RACIST ANTI-LGBTQ+ ANTI-WOKE POLICIES AND BECAUSE OF THESE POLICIES DISNEY DECIDED TO NOT MOVE ONE OF THEIR CALIFORINA OFFICES TO FLORIDA THAT WOULD HAVE BOUGHT OVER 5 THOUDSANDS MORE NEW JOBS TO THE STATE AND HIS POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION HAVE CAUSE MANY HISPANICS TO LEAVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHICH HAVE HAD A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE CONSTUTION AND HOUSE BUILDING BUSINESS IN THE STATE AND IT HAS ALSO HAD A NEGATIVE ON THE FARMING BUSINESS ALSO TO THE AFFECT THAT GOP STATE SENATOR WHO IS A FARM OWNER IN THE STATE WHO VOTED FOR DESANTIS ANTI- IMMINGRATION LAW WHENT ON TELEVISION BEGGING HISPANICS STOP LEAVING AND COME BACK TO FLORIDA SAYING THAT THE LAW WAS JUST POLICTICS AND NOT MEANT TO SCARE HISPANICS OR HARM THEM HOW DO HE THINK THESE PEOPLE WOULD REACT WHEN TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR BEING HERE THAT WHEN THEY WENT TO HOSPITALS IN THE STATE THAT DOCTORS AND HOSIPTALS STAFFS ARE REGQUIRED BY FLORIDA LAW TO CALL LAW EMFORCEMENT ICE OFFICES WHEN THIS GOP STATE SENATOR SAW THIS HAVING A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON HIS FARM BUSINESS HE HAD HAD TO BEG HISPANICS TO STAY IN THE STATE EVEN IF IT AGAINST THE LAW AND I SAY TO PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THESE TYPE OF LAWS THAT YOU ARE RACIST AND YOU CRY OUT THAT YOU ARE NOT THEN STOP SUPPORTING RACIST PEOPLE LIKE RON DESANTIS FOR ELECTED OFFICES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY AND THIS GOES FOR THE WHOLE GOP PRESISDENTAL FIELD THEY ARE ALL RACISTS BECAUSE THEY SUPPORT RACIST POLICIES THEY HAVE SAID THIS OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS WITH THEIR OWN VOICES THESE ARE NOT MISTATEMENT OR MISSSPOKENKEN WORDS THESES POLICIES ARE WHAT THEY REALLY BELIEVE ESPECIALLY FROM THE MOUTHS OF TIM SCOTT A BLACK MAN AND NIKKI HALEY A WOMAN OF COLOR THESE TWO KNOW BETTER AND YET THEY ARE SPREWING RACIST WORDS OUT OF THEIS MOUTHS TO NOT PUSH MEMBERS OF TRUMP’S MAGA CROWD AND VOTERS AWAY SO IF YOU SAY THAT YOU NOT RACIST THEN DO NOT SUPPORT OR VOTE FOR ANY GOP PRESIDENTAL CANDIDATE
Is Rhonda Cold?
July 28, 2023 at 9:23 am

What up with the sweater vest? Is little Rhonda cold? It’s only been in the 80s in Iowa this week, topping out at 90 each day.

Or did CaCa CaCa Casey tell her little Chia Pet to wear it?

Or is little Rhonda trying to hide that he is wearing a plate carrier because he says things he thinks will get him shot at?

Whatever their reasons, LOL @ Rhonda’s cute little sweater vest.

I bet the white embroidery matches perfectly with those white boots. Animatronic Dopey is so little and cute! Awwwwwww!
Joe
July 28, 2023 at 5:02 pm

Data is woke?? So what kind of AI is generating Tiny D’s meaningless rhetorical word salad? Can you please get a clue about anything at all, governor pipsqueak?!