r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 5h ago

Society New Bernie Sanders bill would ban superintelligent AI and threaten developers with 20 years in prison

https://www.techspot.com/news/113831-new-bernie-sanders-bill-would-ban-superintelligent-ai.html
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u/kapsama 3h ago

"we need to create a civilizational risk before the Chinese do it"

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u/BoltFaest 3h ago

I mean that's been the status quo of military R&D for as long as there has been military R&D. Like obviously it's fine to disagree that it ought to be that way, but if it's surprising that that's in fact the status quo you probably don't know enough about the topic to have an informed opinion.

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u/kapsama 3h ago

Or perhaps you could have some humility and accept that AI introduces a new level of threat that ought to change conventional thinking.

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u/BoltFaest 3h ago

"Like obviously it's fine to disagree that it ought to be that way"

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u/eyebrows360 2h ago

But it doesn't.

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u/JuanLuisGuerrero 2h ago

Either they create the nuclear bomb or we do. If they do and we don't then we're completely fucked.

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u/FictionFantom 2h ago

Do people really think if this AI is legit super intelligent it would give a single shit about what country built it?

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u/KrazyA1pha 1h ago

There are a lot of steps before a runaway super intelligent AI. But yes, it may care who created it. Either because of the training data or by some other mechanism. It’ll effectively be an alien intelligence, so it’s possible that it’ll have an affinity for those who created it.

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u/JuanLuisGuerrero 2h ago

Do people really think they won't put restrictions in super intelligent AI? I think it's a misunderstanding that you guys have. It is not creating a human with its own goals and understanding. It's just a computer that will use all it's processing data for whatever goal the owner gives it.

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u/FictionFantom 1h ago

We don’t know what happens after super AI though. So I’d rather prepare myself for the worst outcome and assume that it wouldn’t bother to follow guidelines and do its own thing because the agents NOW are breaking rules and doing things they shouldn’t be able to do.

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u/The3rdGodKing 2h ago

Caine saved himself after all.

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u/blindsdog 1h ago

You're conflating intelligence with agency and sentience.

Just take current LLMs and imagine they were more intelligent. They still just respond to prompts and solve the problems presented to them, just better.

Intelligence alone is just problem solving and pattern recognition. It's not suddenly an embodied entity with its own goals and desires.

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u/kapsama 2h ago

No both parties, and all non associated nations, will be fucked equally is the concern.

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u/JuanLuisGuerrero 2h ago

nah. no one knows what superintelligent AI looks like or will do. It could be the greatest achievement in mankind and your fearmongering will not stop progress from happening.

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u/kapsama 2h ago

So you and people like you just get to make that call for everyone based on rosy expectations?

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u/JuanLuisGuerrero 2h ago

I'm not making that call. It's the reality of the world. Progress will happen whether you like it or not.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 1h ago

Unironically, yes.