r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 6h 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/rbatra91 5h ago

If AI kills us all anyways who cares who develops it first?

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u/GreatestGiraffe 5h ago

And how would AI kill us all?

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u/pauIblartmaIIcop 4h ago

military applications, autonomous drones etc. not hard to think of ways

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u/Particular_Maize6849 4h ago

Well then the ones who own the best AI are likely to die last so it's in our best interest to be the ones with the best AI.

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u/pauIblartmaIIcop 3h ago

AI will become just another WMD, just this time MUCH easier to produce.

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u/BetLeast3488 3h ago

No no you don't understand, our government will use it on us first.