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/bluefire89 21d ago

For anyone curious about Bernie Sanders track record...

  • Total Bills Sponsored: Over 1,100
  • Bills Passed Into Law: 3

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u/Agitated_Phone_9937 21d ago

Considering he is the only politician with ideas I consistently agree with, that makes sense when I look at America.

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u/GoodBadUserName 20d ago

The problem is that most of the bills he sponsored aren’t his.
And the vast majority of them are rubbish law wise and don’t go anywhere. They would still bring in the bills for the show, to make it look like “look how against us they are”.
And most of the stuff he say, don’t even end up in any bill.

Many of his ideas are sound, but in practice he is a showman, a people’s pleaser.

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u/BinniesPurp 17d ago

This bill is also rubbish, the arbitrary value they've put on the ban is 'smarter than a human brain' but how do you define that? Id argue the state machine running in video games from the 90s is smarter than some people's brains

It's a topic he doesn't fully understand and when he started talking about rogue terminator robots in his last AI discussion I knew he was lost on the actual issues of these systems, like complete artistic destruction, IP theft, mass employment loss, financial disruption etc

But he keeps talking about the idea that it's going to find a way into a robot chassis and start killing people with a 40 watt plasma rifle