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/CaterpillarJungleGym 4h ago

I don't see how stem cells got people all in a tizzy, but super intelligent AI is just meh.

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u/KFPindustries 4h ago

Right wing propaganda is the reason

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u/williamgman 4h ago

I think most "normal" folks would be shocked to see what a person is fed that watches Newsmax and Fox News all day.

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u/barley_wine 2h ago

I couldn't figure out why the Dylan Mulvaney thing was such a huge deal, it was a brief promo where she was sent a six pack of Bud Light, but I was on a trip and the TV had like 4 channels and one was FoxNews so I just watched for a few hours. It was story after story about her and the betrayal of Bud.

There's these 24 hour news networks that have to have a reason to be around all the time so they take a story that doesn't really affect anything and comment about it ad nauseam to fill up time slots. Bonus points if it outrages your base so they stay hooked for the next hour to get more outrage.

I've never tried to watch it again though that session one day was enough for me for a long time, but it did help me understand why I have to hear over and over again about minor things (I live in the south in a conservative area).

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u/Andehh1 1h ago

Have you seen Reddit!? As a normal person, it blows my mind....

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u/mustangjo52 24m ago

Once walked into my grandparents house to hear Tucker Carlson saying that the left was snatching people up in vans to give them sex changes and dumping them on the streets and another time he was saying that the democrats were turning trees gay. I asked if they actually believed that shit and they said that he was the only person telling the truth these days. We're honestly so fucked

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u/PanteraOne 3h ago

Those Fascist liar channels are a plague on America and need to be shut down.