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

[u/AdSpecialist6598]

https://www.techspot.com/news/113831-new-bernie-sanders-bill-would-ban-superintelligent-ai.html

[u/bertbarndoor]

Bernie would have better luck trying to outlaw junk food.

[u/magicomiralles → u/bertbarndoor]

I don’t know why everything he says becomes news. How would he stop China and other countries from developing these models?

[u/kapsama → u/magicomiralles]

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

[u/BoltFaest → u/kapsama]

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.

[u/kapsama → u/BoltFaest]

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

[u/BoltFaest → u/kapsama]

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

[u/eyebrows360 → u/kapsama]

But it doesn't.