Sanders wants 20 years in prison for building superintelligent AI.
Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar announced a bill on 3 September to ban superintelligent AI outright. Builders would face 20 years in prison, and the bill would dissolve their companies. All frontier AI work would pause until a new cabinet-level agency writes safety rules.
Why it mattersBills like this rarely reach a vote, but the demand marks how far the debate has moved. The tools you use daily would need government clearance before their next big upgrade.
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