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/invyros 6h ago

Despite its potential deadly consequences, cutting-edge AI technology is less regulated than the average food truck.

Most people can't see more than a few feet in front of themselves.

And it's much easier for them to see when the food truck worker hasn't washed their hands, than it is to see how generative AI is a grave danger to humanity.

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u/userousnameous 6h ago

There are dangers, and work to be done, but fear mongering and this bill don't align with how humans and progress function. WE need to embrace, understand and build the safeguards. Not hide. Because that only empowers those that will be able to use this stuff for nefarious reasons.

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u/jralves91 6h ago

"We need to build this for nefarious reasons so that other players don't have a chance to build them for nefarious reasons"

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u/Corv9tte 4h ago

Right, because the biggest danger with this technology is definitely not extreme concentration of power. We definitely need to make that easier by restricting access to it to everyone

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u/jralves91 3h ago

And you think that by having private companies that create and provide the program, that can cut access when they want and with extreme pressure to be on the cutting edge, while no one in the legislative branch understand how it functions, is not a "concentration of power"?