Bernie Sanders proposes ban on developing artificial superintelligence

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 25 Sept, 14:38 · Archive

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar have introduced legislation banning superintelligence development.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar have introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would prohibit development of artificial superintelligence and impose prison sentences of up to 20 years on violators. The legislation seeks to pause advanced AI systems until federal safety standards are established.

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• It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed HusseinIsrael and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here In recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined Dario Amodei, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates in sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI and called for a slowdown of the technology’s development despite years of racing for dominance. The senator Bernie Sanders teamed up with Steve Bannon to urge Congress to regulate AI, which has become one of…The Guardian · 25 Sept, 13:00
• US lawmakers propose sweeping AI restrictions with superintelligence banLegislation seeks to pause advanced AI systems until federal safety standards are established.Al Jazeera · 23 Sept, 20:29
• Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prisonSen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence - a technology the bill describes as capable of the "destruction or disempowerment of humanity," including by overthrowing the government. Under the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, AI leaders would face up to 20 years […]The Verge · 23 Sept, 17:23

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