Researcher blasts Sanders AI bill: it "condemns millions to die with curable diseases"
basedjensen · x · 2026-11-07
Researcher basedjensen strongly criticized Bernie Sanders' proposed AI bill: "This all but halts progress and condemns millions to die with curable diseases."
Context from Gabecc: the bill doesn't ban all technological progress—only the pursuit of superintelligence, defined as systems that either (1) exceed humans at most tasks, or (2) can overthrow the US government.
basedjensen insists such restrictions would be catastrophic. Another head-on clash between accelerationists and superintelligence-regulation advocates.
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