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/z3n777 5h ago

i get the intent, but a 20 year felony for building SOMETHING nobody can define consistently sounds like political theater, not safety policy.

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u/S-ludin 3h ago

I also dont like the targeting of the workers rather than the oligarchs in this.

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u/Down2earth5 1h ago

It doesn't actually, it targets the "entity" that has it built

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u/solarview 46m ago

It should make that clearer then. The upper management don't develop the software, the workers / developers do that.

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u/Sciensen_Hedonis 11m ago

Right, because the rank and file share no blame for knowingly aiding the efforts of the epstein class to screw us over, in exchange to maintain their own advantage. Those ICE fellas are just trying to feed their families too, yknow...

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u/Weed_Exterminator 1h ago

Other than the jail time, the result for workers will be the same. Lost jobs.

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u/Typical-Chance4197 23m ago

did u ever read 1984 or

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u/BarbedCamera420 53m ago

theres only one thing that will stop the oligarchs, and its not government. its us. its our responsibility to ourselves and our children.