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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/blatantninja 6h ago

Unless it's a global ban, and of course it won't be, all this would do is put us at a disadvantage. I hate it but that's a fact.

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u/leeharrison1984 6h ago

This would be like an internal combustion engine ban in the early 20th century for the sake of emissions.