Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Bernie Sanders Proposes a "Ban Artificial Super-intelligence Act" - Watts Up With That?

More evidence fear of AI is displacing the failed climate scare. - Alec Schemmel Fox News
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, introduced legislation Thursday seeking to hit American artificial intelligence developers with a “corporate death penalty” and up to 20 years in prison— a move critics warn will hand a crucial edge in the global AI arms race to Beijing and Moscow.
The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would 
  • temporarily halt advanced AI development and 
  • establish a Cabinet-level federal agency authorized 
  • to oversee the physical destruction of non-compliant tech systems, 
  • likening advanced AI creation to the unlawful development of nuclear weapons...

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