More power to government will "protect" us??!!-----68% of US Voters Back Sanders/Casar Bill for AI Pause, Ban on Superintelligence: Poll | Common Dreams

The new survey results come as whistleblowers from leading AI firms speak out about the potential catastrophic dangers if their technology is allowed to develop unchecked. - Stephen Prager

• The proposed legislation, announced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) last week, and soon to be introduced in Congress, would ban developers from creating “superintelligent” AI programs capable of surpassing human cognition and resisting human attempts to shut them down. 
• It would also halt “advanced” AI development until a new federal regulatory body was established to set clear rules and processes for AI safety...