How AI’s Threats Are Uniting Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon in a Populist Crusade Against Big Tech
The push includes a proposed ban on artificial superintelligence and new reporting rules as AI safety fears and election-year politics intensify.
- On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders and political operative Steve Bannon addressed the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, presenting artificial intelligence as an existential threat requiring urgent government intervention.
- Both speakers argued that a handful of wealthy elites control AI development. Sanders warned, "AI has the potential to eliminate tens of millions of jobs," while Bannon focused on Big Tech's cultural and geopolitical threat.
- Sanders proposed a treaty with Chinese President Xi Jinping to pause advanced AI development and introduced legislation banning artificial superintelligence, criticizing Congress for being "asleep at the wheel" on regulation.
- Bannon advocated for immediate executive action, urging the United States to isolate China's technology sector and calling for a "quarantine" on its AI ecosystem, demanding "no free ride off American technology."
- Despite their shared skepticism of AI elites, Congress remains divided on the appropriate regulatory path. Lawmakers face pressure to establish guardrails as the 2026 midterms approach, with multiple proposals currently under consideration.
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The unholy alliance against American progress on AI
If you ever find yourself nodding along with socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), populist hack Steve Bannon, and teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten, it may be time to go home and rethink your life. It turns out that all of the worst people you know hate artificial intelligence. Future of Life Institute’s “Pro-Human Assembly” event […]
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“Hit the brakes”: Sanders and Bannon unite on AI
“When you are racing towards a cliff, you hit the brakes,” Senator Bernie Sanders told the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington on Tuesday. Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Trump ally Steve Bannon both called for stronger AI oversight at the event, Reuters reported. The nonprofit Future of Life Institute hosted it. Several hundred people attended, according […] This story continues at The Next Web
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