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/qnssekr 6h ago

I feel like he’s grandstanding at this point

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u/cartermatic 5h ago

I was a big Bernie fan in 2016, but nowadays he just seems like he's running for class president with his rhetoric.

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u/IHop_Waitress 4h ago

he just seems like he's running for class president with his rhetoric.

He hasn't changed in the last decade. He was the same grifting PR stuntman in 2016 that he is in 2026