That’s why the president’s AI Action Plan , issued last week, includes an executive order aimed at “preventing woke AI in the federal government.” The president is concerned that the artificial intelligence systems being embedded throughout the federal government could be powered by software with built-in political biases, ready to advance the policies of Trump’s left-wing enemies. Donald Trump is worried that some of his most dangerous political adversaries might not be human. “Woke” is right-wing shorthand for a variety of liberal projects aimed at achieving racial and gender fairness, often using means that conservative voters reject, such as racial...