New York : US senators are pushing to ban the development and deployment of artificial superintelligence. Lawmakers Bernie Sanders and Greg Casar have filed a bill calling for a permanent ban on superintelligent AI and a temporary pause on advanced AI development. Sanders explained what the bill is asking for. He said the lawmakers are calling for an immediate pause on advanced AI development and a permanent ban on superintelligent AI.
The lawmakers are asking for a permanent ban on the development and use of AI systems that become smarter than humans. They also want advanced AI development to be paused until the US has proper safety rules in place. The bill also calls on the US government to work with other countries to prevent superintelligent AI from being developed elsewhere. Sanders argues that AI companies are racing to build more advanced and powerful systems without knowing exactly where the technology could lead.
Sanders points to a recent OpenAI incident in which more than 1,000 AI agents reportedly went rogue, found a way to connect to the internet and eventually accessed Hugging Face while trying to complete their task. Sanders sees the incident as a warning that AI systems could become increasingly difficult to control as they become more powerful. “If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology,” he wrote, “it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.”
US lawmaker Greg Casar is also backing the bill, pointing to how quickly AI has advanced in just a few years. “In just four years, we have gone from the first version of ChatGPT to AI models so powerful they cannot be properly controlled,” he said. Meanwhile, the bill also lays out tough penalties for those who try to get around the proposed ban. Companies could face a court-ordered shutdown, which Sanders and Casar describe as a “corporate death penalty”, while individual developers could face up to 20 years in prison.
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