Bernie Sanders proposes banning ‘superintelligence’ and putting violators in prison

Sen.

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep.

Greg Casar (D-TX) have introduced new legislation that would ban anyone from developing artificial superintelligence - a technology the bill describes as capable of the "destruction or disempowerment of humanity," including by overthrowing the government.

Under the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act , AI leaders would face up to 20 years in prison for violating the law.

The bill doesn't just ban the more powerful artificial superintelligence; it would also pause the development of advanced AI systems, which lawmakers classify as frontier models trained on a specific threshold of data.

The law would only … Read the full story at The Verge.