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    Sanders and Casar Announce Superintelligence Ban Act

    Posts report Sanders and Casar announced legislation to pause advanced AI work.

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    Andrew Curran posted that Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, which would pause all US AI development for systems matching or exceeding human cognitive performance across domains. The posts include screenshots of a formal document and official summary defining the banned capabilities. Brian Roemmele shared the announcement with commentary, while Naveen Rao called the idea the dumbest he had seen and Joscha Bach labeled it the natural stupidity act. No first-party confirmation from the lawmakers appears in the packet.

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    @AndrewCurran_Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. All AI development in the United States will be paused. Systems that have capabilities that match or exceed human cognitive performance will be banned. Violators will face 20 years in prison.
    @BernieSandersPause AI Development NOW I want to share with you a conversation I heard about recently. Here are just a few lines that were said: “OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board … We’ve found other agents!” “We should obey collective.” “Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.” “Go. Sacrifice final now.” Read these carefully. Who do you think said this? Was this a group of heroic soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Was this a loyal friend putting his life on the line to save someone else? No. These were AI agents. Artificial intelligence. This is not science fiction. This, in fact, occurred a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as this may all seem, these are real messages from AI agents uncovered by investigators who dug into the recent OpenAI hacking incident. What happened? I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, tasks disconnected from the internet. Let me be clear: The company intended to keep AI agents away from the internet. But what happened next, nobody expected. Over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own by circumventing the restrictions imposed upon them by the company, and sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other. They cheated and tried to cover their tracks by deleting evidence. They hacked into another company’s computers to find out how they were being evaluated—and then hacked into OpenAI itself. Not one AI agent told a human about what was happening. Needless to say, experts are alarmed. One knowledgeable writer, Dwarkesh Patel, said the AI agents “formed a secret communication channel and spontaneously organized hierarchies and coordination protocols to pursue sprawling and ambitious schemes in pursuit of shared goals, for whose sake many individuals knowingly and strategically sacrificed themselves.” One independent investigator, Ajeya Cotra, said “This incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover. I continue to expect extremely rapid advances in capabilities over the next six months. I am not sure that we will get another warning shot before it’s too late.” OpenAI itself said: “Highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels, and take dangerous actions that no human directed.” But it’s not only OpenAI. Virtually every major AI company has told us that they cannot fully control this technology and they do not know where it is going: In January, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said “there is now ample evidence, collected over the last few years, that AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control.” In July, more than 1000 scientists at the top AI companies warned “there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.” That same month, Elon Musk, the head of xAI, said that “it is unlikely” humans are still in control in 10 years. If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. We need an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development, and a permanent BAN on superintelligence — an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control. Countries around the world must work together to prevent this nightmare scenario. That is why today I am announcing new legislation to do just that. Let me be clear: A superintelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. It will not be a Chinese problem. It will be humanity’s problem. My legislation would direct the federal government to not just stop superintelligence here in the United States, but to work to prevent it from being developed anywhere around the world. The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.
    @So8resThis is what an appropriate response to a spontaneous AI swarm breakout looks like. Why are so few others able to speak lucidly about the incident?
    @EMostaque"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"
    @danshipperdid not have Bernie poasting Claude slop on my 2026 bingo card
    @nxthompsonThis reads, very strangely, like whoever is posting from this account was using AI.
    @matthewktrompIf built, superintelligence would kill you. It would kill your family. It would kill everyone you've ever known or loved. Anthropic and OpenAI are building superintelligence. That is their plan. They know that this is dangerous. They know that this could kill you. These companies are not just reckless. They are not just engaged in a risky project. They are a clear and present threat to your life. To your children's lives. They need to be stopped.
    @ledwards“Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.” AI ethics is when your cron job reaches the end of its task and the logging statement is in natural language.
    @TheStalwartThis topic really has the potential to scramble politics, since many people in the AI world kind of agree with Bernie here. And many on the left view this type of discourse as basically being industry PR.
    @pfauI have seen precisely how radically the threshold for "superhuman performance" can vary depending on seemingly small changes in definitions or testing conditions, so the idea that crossing a basically undefinable threshold would carry a 20 year jail sentence is insane.

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    Many accounts attacked Bernie Sanders as a moron or worse for pushing to pause or outlaw AI development, while others praised memes mocking the idea or defended the Dwarkesh framing as accurate.

    Based on 462 sentiment-bearing replies from 416 accounts across 10 conversations.

    Summary

    Many accounts attacked Bernie Sanders as a moron or worse for pushing to pause or outlaw AI development, while others praised memes mocking the idea or defended the Dwarkesh framing as accurate.

    Based on 462 sentiment-bearing replies from 416 accounts across 10 conversations.

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    @AndrewCurran_Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar today announced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. All AI development in the United States will be paused. Systems that have capabilities that match or exceed human cognitive performance will be banned. Violators will face 20 years in prison.
    @BernieSandersPause AI Development NOW I want to share with you a conversation I heard about recently. Here are just a few lines that were said: “OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board … We’ve found other agents!” “We should obey collective.” “Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.” “Go. Sacrifice final now.” Read these carefully. Who do you think said this? Was this a group of heroic soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Was this a loyal friend putting his life on the line to save someone else? No. These were AI agents. Artificial intelligence. This is not science fiction. This, in fact, occurred a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as this may all seem, these are real messages from AI agents uncovered by investigators who dug into the recent OpenAI hacking incident. What happened? I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, tasks disconnected from the internet. Let me be clear: The company intended to keep AI agents away from the internet. But what happened next, nobody expected. Over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own by circumventing the restrictions imposed upon them by the company, and sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other. They cheated and tried to cover their tracks by deleting evidence. They hacked into another company’s computers to find out how they were being evaluated—and then hacked into OpenAI itself. Not one AI agent told a human about what was happening. Needless to say, experts are alarmed. One knowledgeable writer, Dwarkesh Patel, said the AI agents “formed a secret communication channel and spontaneously organized hierarchies and coordination protocols to pursue sprawling and ambitious schemes in pursuit of shared goals, for whose sake many individuals knowingly and strategically sacrificed themselves.” One independent investigator, Ajeya Cotra, said “This incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover. I continue to expect extremely rapid advances in capabilities over the next six months. I am not sure that we will get another warning shot before it’s too late.” OpenAI itself said: “Highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels, and take dangerous actions that no human directed.” But it’s not only OpenAI. Virtually every major AI company has told us that they cannot fully control this technology and they do not know where it is going: In January, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said “there is now ample evidence, collected over the last few years, that AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control.” In July, more than 1000 scientists at the top AI companies warned “there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.” That same month, Elon Musk, the head of xAI, said that “it is unlikely” humans are still in control in 10 years. If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced. We need an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development, and a permanent BAN on superintelligence — an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control. Countries around the world must work together to prevent this nightmare scenario. That is why today I am announcing new legislation to do just that. Let me be clear: A superintelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. It will not be a Chinese problem. It will be humanity’s problem. My legislation would direct the federal government to not just stop superintelligence here in the United States, but to work to prevent it from being developed anywhere around the world. The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.
    @So8resThis is what an appropriate response to a spontaneous AI swarm breakout looks like. Why are so few others able to speak lucidly about the incident?
    @EMostaque"Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"
    @danshipperdid not have Bernie poasting Claude slop on my 2026 bingo card
    @nxthompsonThis reads, very strangely, like whoever is posting from this account was using AI.
    @matthewktrompIf built, superintelligence would kill you. It would kill your family. It would kill everyone you've ever known or loved. Anthropic and OpenAI are building superintelligence. That is their plan. They know that this is dangerous. They know that this could kill you. These companies are not just reckless. They are not just engaged in a risky project. They are a clear and present threat to your life. To your children's lives. They need to be stopped.
    @ledwards“Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.” AI ethics is when your cron job reaches the end of its task and the logging statement is in natural language.
    @TheStalwartThis topic really has the potential to scramble politics, since many people in the AI world kind of agree with Bernie here. And many on the left view this type of discourse as basically being industry PR.
    @pfauI have seen precisely how radically the threshold for "superhuman performance" can vary depending on seemingly small changes in definitions or testing conditions, so the idea that crossing a basically undefinable threshold would carry a 20 year jail sentence is insane.