Sanders and Casar unveil bill to ban superintelligence, pause 10^25 FLOP training, create Department of AI
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-24
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar unveiled legislation to ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal Department of AI. Key elements: an immediate pause on training/deploying "advanced AI" (10^25+ operations) until safety rules exist; bans on superintelligence-precursor capabilities (automated AI research, shutdown resistance, self-modification, evading oversight); power to force flagged models offline and destroy confirmed superintelligence; federal charters with government access for AI developers; a "corporate death penalty" with asset/IP forfeiture and up to 20 years in prison for individuals; and US policy to stop superintelligence globally via agreements and possible AI-compute export controls.
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