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Posted on 09/24/2026 4:55:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Washington (AP) — Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology.
The bill, provided first to The Associated Press, would also pause advanced AI development until guidelines are implemented while creating the Department of Artificial Intelligence. Multiple employees at leading AI companies are endorsing the bill.
“It doesn’t take a genius to say, ‘slow it down,’” Sanders, I-Vt., said in an interview with AP. “Do we really want to develop a super intelligence that when it becomes smarter than human beings could act independently of human control? I don’t think we do.”
Congress has so far done little to rein in the AI industry even as some of its most prominent leaders warn about potentially catastrophic risks. President Donald Trump has resisted recent calls for greater government oversight, putting him at odds with tech leaders including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk.
The bill aims to dramatically slow down AI development The legislation would permanently prohibit artificial superintelligence, which it defines as a system that exceeds human cognitive ability or has sufficient capabilities to plan and execute destruction or disempowerment of humanity.
It would temporarily pause development of the most advanced AI systems until new federal safety rules are established by a new Department of Artificial Intelligence. Advanced AI systems would then need federal approval before they could be deployed. Violations could carry significant penalties, including up to 20 years in prison in some cases.
A number of current employees at AI companies and experts signed on in support of the bill, according to a statement shared with AP.
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Bernie Sanders seeks to assert Democrat control of all thought.
Lest logic defeat his irrational and destructive premises.
As if the politicians can begin to understand what AI really is.
Any attempt to capture AI for political purposes is doomed to failure because the data centers can be located anywhere, in any country, even in space (Elon’s idea).
Yeah....more gubmint. That’s always the answer.
Crazy Bernie’s wet dream is controlling the health care system, so that he and other cronies can decide who lives and who dies..Oh I see this person needs a heart operation, but wait, they vote Republican..so...DENIED..that is what Bernie has orgasms over
If it is “banned” why the need for a “department?”
Bernie, through his own actions, is probably going to die before ASI is able to devise radical lifespan extension.
AI must not be very intelligent. If it was inmtelligent, why would it need gigantic data centers?
Legislation or not, AI is going to happen just as humans with above-average intelligence will be born. Other than trying to ban technology and programming, there is nothing Sanders or governments can do about it.
Oversee AI
Ban Super AI
These less than average IQ politicians are late to the party with no clue about whats coming.
When Obamacare passed, there was a provision in the bill that said that no member of congress or senate has to sign up LOL now THAT is irony..they get to keep their private insurance but the rest of us get stuck with single payer garbage and having to wait 3 yrs to see a doc
Good luck trying to put that toothpaste back in the tube, Comrade Bernie.
Huh?
Bernie, through his own actions, is probably going to die before ASI is able to devise radical lifespan extension
Now that’s dedication!
AI will squash the Department of AI like a bug.
Lol.
When does this evil prick go away? Hell no to this.
Very simple fact. Intelligent people do not need monstrous data centers to find answers.
“AI in both US and China will power FULL STEAM AHEAD!”
Be careful what you wish for.
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