Sanders and Casar Announce Superintelligence Ban Act

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.