r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 21d ago

Artificial Intelligence Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for AI devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans - penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons
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u/Many_Negotiation_464 20d ago

Noooo bernie and cezar fell for the bait :(

The only reason that AI firms constantly talk about "the dangers of superintelligent ai" is because it implies that they are appraoching true artificial intelligence, but more so that it distracts regulators from the actual mundane harms of their companies. It throws the whole conversation into this bizarre realm of sci-fi speculation where nobody can be right because its all completely untestable..... because AI doesn't exist and likely won't be based on current ML technology.

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u/existentialstix 20d ago

The grift continues 😪

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u/Flabbergasted98 20d ago

Almost.

The biggest reason why the leading Ai companies are demanding more restrictions, is because they're already in the lead.

They've started a race and they're leading the pack, so now they're requesting more hurdles be placed behind them on the race track to limit their competition from catching up.

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u/Many_Negotiation_464 19d ago

But the regulations they are "requesting" are so vague as to be totally meanginless and unactionable. More than anything they want there to "regulations" that don't actually affect them but makes it look like they are cooperating with the government/public on their concerns.... concerns they totally invented and again, and totally unactionable.