Sources: US Government Publishing Office, MIT Technology Review
As someone who designs natural language processing algorithms, I naturally have great concerns as to what effect a export restriction will have on the business of AI. My concern is not the only one to be had, for example, systems on chips are crucially important to smart phones. Should an export ban be put in place, every smart phone manufacturer will move to country where there is not an export ban. These new laws only prohibit exporting these technologies from the US, not importing them from a country like Taiwan. Overall these rules will be terrible for the US and it's businesses.
Below is a list of items the US Department of Commerce is thinking of putting an export ban on. Link to source.
For a better look at what this could mean for AI, take a look at this article by MIT Technology Review.
While quite a few of these things will not effect the average person, I highlighted a few that I thought would probably be important.
