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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

When scientists tell you there is a chance, a chance that it could have a cataclysmic impact on humanity, you've got be a moron not to say, slow it down.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

I would introduce legislation to ban firms from developing superintelligence.

thenational.scot
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

We want to use AI to improve healthcare, to cure cancer et cetera. But we certainly don't want to see it wipe out humanity.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

But when the leaders of the industry tell you directly that they are developing a technology which is dangerous, they don't know where it is going, and when scientists tell you there is a chance that it could have a cataclysmic impact on…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

I listen to people who are a lot smarter than I am, and what they say is that AI sooner or later will become smarter than human beings.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 11, 2026

It’s not an exaggeration to say that young lives are at stake. Please step in to help.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 11, 2026

To cut, delay, and otherwise obstruct these grants is not only unlawful, but also unconscionable in light of the mental health crisis facing our youth.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 11, 2026

We insist that the Department honor the statutory funding directives enacted by Congress, resolve the administrative barriers affecting the pipeline of mental health professionals in our nation’s schools, and ensure that students have…

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Sep 11, 2026

We therefore demand that the Department disburse the funds grantees are contractually owed in a timely manner to ensure local school programs face no further disruption.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

They’re building a technology that they cannot control, and they don’t know where it’s going.

huffpost.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 11, 2026

There has not been, up until very recently, an awareness about the extraordinary dangers posed by an AI that, as it becomes more intelligent than human beings, can become independent of human control.

huffpost.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2026

That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.

dailycaller.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2026

The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity.

dailycaller.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2026

It’s time to reduce the stress level in our country and allow workers and their families to enjoy a better quality of life.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 10, 2026

It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

cbsnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 9, 2026

It means that kids suddenly don’t have their dad or their mom at home, and they, in fact, worry whether or not their dad or mom will ever return home and when they will return home.

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