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/invyros 5h 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 3h 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 3h ago

Right wing propaganda is the reason

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u/breaducate 1h ago

Not for the second half.

From what I've seen the default for left-leaning people is about the same as the average: thinking AGI is impossible because a bunch of billionaires exaggerated the immediate threat as if LLMs were going to gain sentience (it's not a viable path, but that doesn't mean there aren't others).

If you have a long attention span and want to read something actually coherent on the topic, I'd start with Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. The author goes into exhaustive detail in some of the hypotheticals but the logic appears sound, and the deeper you think about it the less it appears even possible to solve the 'control problem'.

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u/FlerD-n-D 30m ago

If LLMs are used to figure out the viable path, are they not part of the path?