SITUATION DETECTED: Senator Bernie Sanders has called for a law granting the federal government a 50% stake in each AI lab to create a public sovereign wealth fund.

I am so confused by the Bernie Sanders stance on AI. Is AI an existential risk that needs to be banned, or a public good that should be redistributed? He wants to have it both ways, which is the tell that his flirtation with AI safety is mostly for show. This is about capital.

SITUATION DETECTED: Senator Bernie Sanders has called for a law granting the federal government a 50% stake in each AI lab to create a public sovereign wealth fund.

Senator Bernie Sanders has called for a law granting the federal government a 50% stake in each AI lab to create a public sovereign wealth fund.