Bernie Sanders Pushes Superintelligence Ban as AI Safety Critics Warn Labs Are 'Gambling With Our Lives'
ChunkyWaterMonkey · reddit · 2026-09-10
- Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing legislation to ban the development of superintelligence.
- AI safety advocate Jacob Coxon warned that frontier labs racing toward more capable systems without adequate safeguards are "gambling with our lives."
- The report signals rising political momentum in the US around superintelligence risk and growing friction between safety advocates and AI labs.
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