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We must act now before it is too late.

We cannot let a handful of Big Tech CEOs write their own rules.

It doesn’t take a genius to say, ‘slow it down,’

If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of this extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible, in my view, for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

In my view, it is likely if we allow things to continue the way they are, that there will be no more truck drivers in America, no more cab drivers, no more bus drivers, and we will lose some 6 million transportation jobs to driverless…

I understand that I may be called an alarmist for introducing this bill, but I’d rather be called an alarmist than a father and grandfather who is asleep at the wheel.

We cannot simply sit by idly and wait for advanced AI to cause the next 9/11 or Chernobyl or a global pandemic or a financial crisis before we take action to protect the American people and, of course, the people of the world.

Yeah, which may have something to do with the legislation that we passed several years ago.

Somehow, everybody in that country can go to a doctor.

Do you happen to believe that healthcare is a human right that should be available to every man, woman and child in our country?

Scientists have been clear: AI is an existential threat to humanity. It must be treated as such.

When you are racing towards a cliff, you don’t just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes.

If the leaders acknowledge they are losing control it is irresponsible in my view to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

It is fairly insane that the tech industry doesn’t know where AI may go next.

How in God’s name can you keep going forward in the direction of superintelligence when you don’t know what that means?

Hey, if I am prepared to demand serious regulation of the industry. How many tens of millions of dollars are going to be spent against me?

Mr. Coxon is right. The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity. That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.

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.