Krueger's bill breakdown: federal AI department, superintelligence ban, 10^25 FLOP pause
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-24
In his follow-up, David Krueger summarizes the Sanders bill's five provisions: 1) a federal Department of AI; 2) a ban on 'superintelligence'; 3) a ban on 'superintelligence precursors'; 4) pausing AI development of models at 10^25 FLOP or more until governance processes exist; 5) seeking an international ban. His main reservation: it's unilateral — safety requires an immediate, indefinite, international moratorium, and this bill only satisfies the first two.
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