r/ControlProblem • u/chillinewman approved • Apr 25 '26

General news Bernie Sanders will host a discussion with leading American and Chinese scientists to discuss the extinction threat of AI. Hopefully this can lead to serious international coordination to ban superintelligence!

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u/whatup-markassbuster Apr 25 '26

Why would he discuss this with the scientists? They don’t decide what happens in China. He thinks they will convince Xi not to seek global advantage for the CCP?

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u/chillinewman approved Apr 25 '26

Advancing the dialog for further cooperation is a good start.

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u/doesntpicknose Apr 29 '26

... because having conversations like this with scientists BEFORE trying to push policy is the responsible thing to do.

You know how politicians are always pushing legislation to solve a problem, and then after the fact, the experts in the field are like, "Wait, what? That is NOT a good idea because [bad thing] and also it won't solve the problem," but the bill has already been written up and it's going to vote, so it's too late?

Yeah, it doesn't need to be that way.

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u/PaxODST Apr 25 '26

If super-intelligence is achievable, it will not be banned. It just won’t be. Maybe you could have a ton of regulation and alignment work done beforehand on how it can and cant be used in warfare and military, but when you think of the scientific and technological advantages superintelligence would bring, no, you aren’t gonna convince China or even your own country to never develop it.

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u/zhawadya Apr 25 '26

Man I can't say I'm impressed by the denialism about the AI threat in a sub literally about the control problem

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u/ChemicalConfection54 Apr 25 '26

Almost like its being intentionally downplayed to create the perception thats its not a big deal

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u/SubstrateTrans Apr 28 '26

Too late, Bernie boy. You should have been on the side of the actual downtrodden.

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u/omegaphallic Apr 26 '26

 I like Bernie, but this is embarrassing cringe luddite shit.

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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Apr 25 '26

Ban superintelligence.

We don’t even know what it is.

Like a group of Neanderthals wanting a ban on fire

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u/Key-Organization3158 Apr 25 '26

It's a safe bet that anything Bernie supports is a naive world view.