Bloomington, Indiana Reportedly Bans Recursively Self-Improving AI Within City Limits (Unverified)
tragictacos · reddit · 2026-11-08
A viral screenshot claims Bloomington, Indiana's city council unanimously voted to ban any recursively self-improving entity capable of greatly outperforming all humans on cognitive tasks from inside city limits, citing existential hazards and loss of human control. A local resident posted criticizing the ban as unenforceable and wrong-headed.
Caution: the source is meme-style account @MTSlive and the ordinance wording is exaggerated — this looks likely satirical or fabricated and remains unverified by official channels.
Related event: Bloomington Passes First-Ever Ordinance Banning Superintelligence(2 posts)→
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