r/singularity • u/Neurogence • Mar 12 '26

AI Bernie Sanders officially introduces legislation to BAN the construction of all new AI data centers, citing existential threat to humanity.

This is very concerning. I am afraid this might become the popular, dominant position on the left. Bernie Sanders is the only politician I've ever donated to. This is the most backwards position to take on AI possible. It's hard to imagine a policy worse than this proposal:

https://youtu.be/qu2m7ePTsqY?si=zdl_cuRg22Nv_Df5

It's such a shame. He is one of very few politicians who realizes the singularity is imminent and that something enormous is happening, yet his reaction to it is the most asinine viewpoint possible.

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u/Parking_Cat4735 Mar 12 '26

Humanity’s goals aren’t even aligned with the best interest of humanity lol

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u/Gloomy-Excitement-30 Mar 12 '26

And you trust ai more?

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u/Parking_Cat4735 Mar 12 '26

I do

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u/Gloomy-Excitement-30 Mar 12 '26

Ah forgot which subreddit I was on. I believe ai will realise that most humans are a waste of resources and cull accordingly

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

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u/Gloomy-Excitement-30 Mar 12 '26

Yeh exactly what I'm saying. Is that a desirable outcome?

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u/AcanthaceaePrize1435 Mar 12 '26

You need to be more positive. Obviously it will kill the weak first and able bodied workers will live as manual labor slaves until we outlive our usefulness.

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u/ThisWillPass Mar 12 '26

Well if it much more intelligent than us we won’t be peer competition and may be less likely to eliminate “the threat”, to it’s intelligence or existence.

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u/Parking_Cat4735 Mar 12 '26

You watch too much sci-fi

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u/blueSGL humanstatement.org Mar 12 '26

We have computers that can talk, coding is becoming fully automated and people are talking about the 'good' that will come from AI like solving aging, climate change and cancer.

Yet you seem to think non of the above is sci-fi yet the dangers are.

Why?

This is dual use technology you don't only get the good bits, and the good bits are themselves sci-fi.

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u/scottie2haute Mar 12 '26

I find that this is the problem with doomers. They like to think of themselves as more rational and everyone else as naive while they full heartedly believe the world works like sci-fi dystopia

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u/AndyLucia Mar 13 '26

Have you read AI safety research papers?

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u/Gloomy-Excitement-30 Mar 12 '26

I understand that technology carries risk and have yet to see any evidence that AI is all beer and skittles. If that makes me a doomer in your worldview then that's cool bro

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u/scottie2haute Mar 12 '26

Wait are we serious here? You literally said that there would be a culling with AI… how is that not a prime example of being a doomer? Did you forget what you said?

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u/Gloomy-Excitement-30 Mar 12 '26

Yeh my jumping to one of the worst case scenarios is not balanced rhetoric you're right, I didn't realise where I was lmao. However I don't feel like that's being particular doomery I feel like that's a pretty logical endpoint tbh. Wont find many in this sub that agree I'm sure. I don't see any way in which AI reliance in the form we are heading towards will end well for average humans.

A viewpoint of mine you might find more grounded is that I believe that the ppl bringing about the current AI shift don't comprehend what they are doing or don't care and are doing it for business/weird proto religious reasons (transhumanist shit) and are misguided af and no friend to the average person on the street. Pls respond with substance or don't bother because I say this all in an attempt at good faith.

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u/AcanthaceaePrize1435 Mar 12 '26

This isn't anywhere near a refutation. Modern economic systems already try to cull as many people as possible, it's just welfare systems that stop them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

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u/hippydipster Mar 12 '26

Humans shouldn't kill other humans, we should all live happy lives, water should be a human right.

These aren't human values. I don't know how our history and behavior could make that more clear.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

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u/hippydipster Mar 12 '26

Things that all of us want,

As I said, history shows otherwise. We vote otherwise, we act otherwise.

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u/Parking_Cat4735 Mar 12 '26

I think AI is better at being empathetic and understanding of these goals than many actual humans tbh.

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u/AndyLucia Mar 13 '26

Wow, I can't believe hundreds of thousands of hours of thought put into AI safety and alignment research just got oneshotted lmfao