Sanders Urges Trump, Xi to Halt AI Race, Ban Superintelligence

Sanders Urges Trump, Xi to Halt AI Race, Ban Superintelligence

Bernie Sanders is pushing for an international response to the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, urging Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to discuss limits on the technology when the two leaders meet.

The US senator believes Washington and Beijing should work towards a treaty that would stop the development of artificial superintelligence and temporarily slow the advancement of increasingly powerful AI systems.

Sanders’ latest intervention comes amid a growing debate within the technology industry over whether AI development is moving faster than safety measures can keep up.

Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, recently called for companies to deliberately pace the development of frontier AI. He argued that increasingly capable systems could advance at a rate that makes them harder for humans to understand and control.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed Amodei’s call for stronger independent evaluation, while Elon Musk has also reiterated his long-standing concerns about the risks associated with advanced AI.

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Sanders said these warnings should prompt governments to act rather than leave decisions about the future of AI solely to technology companies.

His position is consistent with legislation he announced earlier this month alongside Representative Greg Casar. The proposed Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would permanently prohibit superintelligent AI and impose a temporary pause on advanced AI development until safety rules are put in place.

The senator has pointed to recent AI-related cybersecurity incidents and concerns about self-improving systems as evidence of the need for stronger safeguards.

For Sanders, however, the issue goes beyond regulation of individual companies. He wants the US and China to cooperate internationally, arguing that a superintelligent system capable of operating beyond human control would pose a global risk regardless of where it was developed.

With Trump and Xi expected to discuss AI during their upcoming engagement, Sanders is pressing both governments to make the question of controlling advanced AI a priority.

Sanders Urges Trump, Xi to Halt AI Race, Ban Superintelligence