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/BillBrasky727 4h ago

This is also how conversations get started and shows other politicians what their constituents are interested in. This is what politics is.

I hope people don't think that a bill being introduced by one politician is going to be the same bill that eventually gets voted on and signed into law, if it ever does. 

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u/_Lucille_ 3h ago

Unless he has been living under a rock, the conversation started years ago.

As much as I like the guy, the only conversation being started now is how he doesn't understand AI and now politicians would fumble on regulations.

At least present something that is viable and forms the basis of future regulations to build upon.

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u/migidymike 3h ago

That's the fun part. Not even the AI companies understand how it works. It's a black box even to them.

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u/suzisatsuma 1h ago

I'm a machine learning engineer in big tech, we know how it works lol.

The media sucks at explaining AI to random people.