Bernie Sanders introduces Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act with up to 20-year prison terms
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-25
Per a Polymarket alert, Senator Bernie Sanders has officially introduced the "Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act," which would permanently ban superintelligent AI and impose prison sentences of up to 20 years for violations.
e/acc figure beffjezos (Guillaume Verdon) amplified the news, reflecting the AI-community reaction. It's one of the most radical US legislative proposals targeting frontier AI to date — unlikely to pass, but symbolically significant.
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