Sanders and Bannon Agree AI Is Dangerous, but Not on How to Fix It
Sanders said Congress should curb AI companies, while Bannon pushed executive action and both warned workers could bear the costs.
- Progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon appeared at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington on Tuesday, joining forces to warn that unregulated artificial intelligence development poses existential risks to humanity.
- Jacob Coxon's resignation from Anthropic, where he cited fears of apocalyptic outcomes, prompted major companies to agree that slowing development is necessary to manage rapid advancement.
- While both agree the current path is dangerous, they diverge on solutions: Sanders plans to introduce congressional legislation next week, whereas Bannon insists on executive action instead.
- Sanders and Bannon found common ground on economic downsides, both arguing ordinary Americans making $52,000 should not underwrite the oligarchs, though they remain split on how to treat China.
- President Donald Trump dismisses AI safety warnings as a "HOAX," while Beijing's foreign ministry calls the slowdown push "fearmongering," setting a contentious stage for the Sept. 24 meeting between Trump and China.
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Two faces of U.S. politics have gathered at a conference to alert the risks of AI. Senator wants to deal with Xi and stop superintelligence. Trump's ex-strategist demands Chinese "quarantine."
WASHINGTON D.C.: When Bernie Sanders finished speaking, Steve Bannon took over.
On Tuesday, at a conference in Washington, the Senator of Vermont and the national-popular leader warned about the need to slow down and frame the progress of artificial intelligences, without agreeing on how to do so.
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