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?
Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.
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September 11, 2026
How in God’s name can you keep going forward in the direction of superintelligence when you don’t know what that means?
— Bernie Sanders
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by number of sources- It is beyond unacceptable that President Trump is denying overtime pay to millions of workers who desperately need it to keep up with the outrageously high cost of living.4 sources2026takano.house.gov
- The future of AI and the fate of humanity must not be decided behind closed doors in Silicon Valley by billionaires seeking to maximize their power and profit.3 sources2026commondreams.org
- At a time when 15 million Americans are being thrown off the healthcare they have and 20 million Americans have already seen their premiums double, on average, as a result of Trump’s so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ we need Medicare for All now more than ever.2 sources2026sanders.senate.gov
- The time is now to end the greed of the big insurance and drug companies and pass Medicare for All.2 sources2026sanders.senate.gov
- The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.2 sources2026commondreams.org
- The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.2 sources2026commondreams.org
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.
I would introduce legislation to ban firms from developing superintelligence.
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.
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…
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.
They’re building a technology that they cannot control, and they don’t know where it’s going.
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.
That is why I will soon be introducing legislation to ban superintelligence and pause AI development.
The very people building this technology admit that it could threaten the future of humanity.
It’s time to reduce the stress level in our country and allow workers and their families to enjoy a better quality of life.
It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.
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.
We understand that the Vermont National Guard is a family, and that family is not just the men and women in uniform. It is the people back home, especially the children.
This is the most devastating attack on the United States of America since Pearl Harbor.
In the city of Burlington, in the state of Vermont, in the United States of America, we have a massive, massive housing crisis. Maybe instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars fighting a war that we never should have gotten in…
Nearly every day, there is a frightening new story about how Big Tech companies are losing control of the technology they are developing, with potentially cataclysmic results.
The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs.
The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control. It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even…
Congratulations to Ed Markey on his landslide victory in the Democratic Massachusetts Senate primary. Ed knows that, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Congress must take on the billionaires and fight for working families.





