Senator Bernie Sanders has spoken to the BBC about a proposal to ban AI superintelligence, while also backing a plan that would give the United States a 50% stake in artificial intelligence companies through a form of sovereign wealth fund.
The proposal to prohibit AI superintelligence was the focus of the BBC interview, according to the programme’s title. The available information does not provide further details about how such a ban would work or which systems it would cover.
Sanders has also proposed creating what is described as a sort of sovereign wealth fund. Under the plan, the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies.
The proposal would therefore combine restrictions on AI superintelligence with public ownership in the wider AI sector. No additional information is available about the fund’s structure, its operation, or how the proposed stake would be acquired.
At this time, the available details are limited to Sanders’s discussion with the BBC, his proposal to ban AI superintelligence, and his separate proposal for the United States to hold a 50% stake in AI companies through a sovereign wealth fund.
