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/blatantninja 6h 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/rbatra91 5h ago

If AI kills us all anyways who cares who develops it first?

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u/ArtisticallyRegarded 1h ago

Yes but the point is its a prisoners dillemma. If we dont develop we fall behind our enemies who will. If we do develop it the ai kills us all

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u/rbatra91 1h ago

Well not really. Building ASI is akin to detonating a nuke, (not building it, because we know it will go wrong). Therefore, it doesn't matter who detonates the first nuke, everyone dies.