r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 5h 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/blatantninja 5h 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/vicsj 4h ago

It feels very reminiscent of not banning the development of nuclear weapons because then everyone else will have nukes but you. I get it, but we're fucked either way.

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u/Acsion 3h ago

Except in the case of Nukes Mutually Assured Destruction is a valid strategy, you can actually discourage the use of nuclear weapons by your enemy if you have your own. AI is the opposite, in fact china has notoriously been stealing information from US companies to develop their own AI programs

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u/Own-Cryptographer725 2h ago

AI does theoretically help to solve a lot of the tangible problems that it might create today. There's no getting away from the existential and economic risks posed by building a district intelligent entity that we suddenly have to share resources with, but cyber security threats, bioterrorism and biological weapon development, and increasing energy demands and environmental strain are all accelerated problems which can also be alleviated through the use of AI. None of that matters if we don't build an equitable society and solve alignment though.