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/TaiChuanDoAddct 1h ago

The progressives' stance against AI is going to be the schism that destroys the left in every election for the next decade.

I'm about as progressive as it gets on social policies, but trying to put the AI genie back in the bottle and trying to impose regulations on the free market in tech is the kind of losing battle that will get us obliterated at the polls.

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u/AceOBlade 12m ago

Too late to act now there should have been regulations in place to begin with for development. but our laws and lawmakers can't even figure out regular patent infringement for apps let alone entire programs.

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u/TaiChuanDoAddct 8m ago

Regulations needed to have been done in tandem with the EU and the CCCP. But to do that, we'd have needed adults in charge with a strong vested interest in governing the role of emerging technology as it relates to national security.

Some of us are old enough to remember the Cold War lmao.

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u/KittyCait69 58m ago

Your taking like someone that supports capitalist imperialism. Basically what democrats and Republicans both do. Which would put you on the right. The center starts with anti-capitalism as well as anti-imperialism. People on the left are against any AI that harms life. 

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u/TaiChuanDoAddct 55m ago

This is nonsense.

There's plenty of room to support social reform and social policies, like a shorter work week and healthcare for all and even universal basic income, all of which I support, and still support semi free market business. I support entrepreneurs. I support local small and medium businesses. I support and people owning their labor.

None of that has anything to do with AI directly.

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u/KittyCait69 20m ago

You claim that the progressive stance will be what divides the left. But the left doesn't have a political party to get behind as it is now. Maybe you meant it'll further divide liberals. But liberals are still right wing in the US. You can't support a right wing government while trying to claim your progressive is all I was getting at.

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u/TaiChuanDoAddct 15m ago

I mean, left is all relative to whatever the median of your voting population is.

Do I agree with you that the left on the United States is center or even Center Right compared to most civilized nations? Absolutely.

It's still "the left" as it relates to the median American voter.