Discussion

• @anton_d_leicht Anton Leicht on x

  this seems unworkable even on narrow safety merits, but political dynamics are such that it might still become the most salient version of the ‘safetyist’ position. that'd mean it further poisons the politics both for bipartisan convergence and moderate leadership on the issue.

• @davidu David Ulevitch on x

  This is the way.

• @berniesanders Bernie Sanders on x

  We are rapidly creating technology that could surpass human intelligence, with enormous risks to jobs, society and humanity itself. AI must work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. That's why I'm introducing a moratorium on new AI data centers. [video]

• @ohlennart Lennart Heim on x

  Bernie and AOC want to ban all the chip exports if you don't follow their laws and regulations. [image]

• @toly @toly on x

  This is literally the dumbest post and we are all dumber for having to read it. All the ai companies are trying to give away ai as cheap as possible so all consumers have access to it. So it is AI that works for all of us. His solution is to stop building datacenters in

• @vc Jake Chapman on x

  Sanders and AOC should be removed from office for this. It's treason or stupidity or political pandering amounting to treason. May as well attach a rider to this bill paying for every American to have a free Duolingo Mandarin subscription because we'll all need to get fluent.

• @noahpinion Noah Smith on x

  Wow, AI Safety now has some politicians on board

• @stevenfiorillo Steven Fiorillo on x

  This is crazy. Technological innovation ever stops, it only advances. America needs to be the leader in AI. This proposal would not just hurt America economically, it would weaken our national security. We have the lead in the next evolution of technology and we should expand

• @taylorlorenz Taylor Lorenz on x

  I really think the left has lost the way on tech policy

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  people can certainly take issue with his positions and plan of action, but sanders seems to be one of the few members of congress seriously reckoning with what the labor consequences of the coming AI age could be (now joined AOC)

• @micsolana Mike Solana on x

  crazy how in the 21st century we have people in congress who legitimately want to hurt the country

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  As I and others have written about for years, export controls *could* be used to drive safety and security in AI. But a big problem w/ the Bernie/AOC strategy is that the US does not have its house in order so can't make non-hypocritical demands of others https://x.com/...

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Both the left and right have been trying to capture the anti-AI public, the problem is there's too many of them to fit in one tent. Maybe by 2028 the left pulls it off. [image]

• @senfettermanpa U.S. Senator John Fetterman on x

  The emerging chassis of AI must be built by America. We can put appropriate guardrails in place without handing the win on AI to China. A moratorium is China First. [image]

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' AI Data Center Moratorium Act contains a moratorium on all US datacenter upgrading and construction, as well as a ban on the export of all US-origin GPU's. Press conference this afternoon. [image]

• @natpurser Nat Purser on x

  i appreciate this attempt to get at the international dimension of this, but a couple thoughts (beyond the political viability): 1) what constitutes “ai safety legislation”? china, saudi arabia, the EU all have ai governance frameworks. will be interested to see how they define

• @mollytaft Molly Taft on x

  an interesting tidbit about this bill is that the text actually prohibits chip exports to any country that doesn't have AI safety legislation....

• @natpurser Nat Purser on x

  a) it won't pass b) what are the likely downstream effects here? blue states / localities propose similar regulations, shifting more data centers to red states and countries with worse carbon emissions and labor standards. we should simply regulate ai itself.

• @mollytaft.com Molly Taft on bluesky

  NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI”  —  it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w …

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  AOC and Bernie Sanders have unveiled a bill that will pause all new data center construction until AI safeguards are in place.  —  I am confident we will see a Butlerian Jihad in our lifetimes.  We are simply unprepared for a world where AI can outperform white collar workers at …

• r/DeepStateCentrism r on reddit

  Sanders and AOC unveil data center moratorium bill (Axios)

• r/technology r on reddit

  Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters |  US news

• r/agi r on reddit

  Bernie Sanders and AOC announce legislation to halt all new data centers until AI safeguards are in place

• r/politics r on reddit

  New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction