Sanders and Casar introduce bill in Congress to ban superintelligence and create a federal Department of SI
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For SI, this is a direct attempt to lock development halfway: a ban and a pause would halt the movement toward superintelligence, but for now it is only a bill, and the race goes on.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar formally introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act: it would permanently ban SI that surpasses humans in most areas, with punishment of up to 20 years in prison, and would suspend development of the most advanced systems until new safety rules appear. The bill creates a cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence, which is to write those rules. The initiative was backed by employees of leading SI companies; the articles did not assess its chances of passing.
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