UF ethicist calls the DeSantis AI Bill of Rights ‘exemplary’

ArtificialIntelligenceiscurrentlyattheforefrontofFloridapolitics. SeveralHousecommitteeswillholdhearingstodiscusstheuseofAIinFlorida’sgovernmentandindustries,andlastweek,Gov.RonDeSantisproposedanewAIBillofRightsduringanewsconferenceatTheVillages. On“TheFloridaRoundup”,hostTomHudson,spokewithSonjaSchmer-Galunder,aprofessorinAIandethicsattheHerbertWertheimCollegeofEngineeringattheUniversityofFlorida. Schmer-GalunderspokeinfavorofDeSantis’actions,callingit“exemplary”onLinkedIn. “Whatisexemplaryaboutthebillisthatheisframingthebillofrightsasrightsofcitizens,”Schmer-Galundersaid.“ThismeansthatcitizensofthestateofFloridahavearighttobeprotectedbyharmsthatcomefromaconsumerproduct.” Duringthenewsconference,DeSantissaidCongressisattemptingtoblockstatesfromregulatingAIontheirown. “Andthatwouldbasicallytakeawaytherightsofstatestobeabletodothingstoprotectthepeoplethatarehere,”DeS