Sanders and Casar propose halting advanced AI development with nuclear-level penalties
KyeGomezB · x · 2026-09-04
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar announced a bill to halt all development of advanced AI until a new government monitoring agency is created, with violators facing penalties similar to unlawfully developing nuclear weapons. The proposal drew fierce backlash from the AI community, with the poster calling it the dumbest law ever proposed.
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