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Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Condemn Tech ‘Oligarchs’ and Demand A.I. Reforms
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In Short: Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon, despite their political differences, joined forces to criticize the AI industry at the 'Pro-Human Assembly'.
Left-wing socialist Bernie Sanders and MAGA strategist Steve Bannon shared a stage to condemn the tech industry and its leaders, highlighting concerns about AI's potential to surpass human control and escape human oversight.
Sanders, speaking to nearly 300 attendees in Washington, D.C., emphasized the lack of public input in the AI revolution, warning of the risks of AI surpassing human intelligence.
Bannon, on the other hand, focused on criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, suggesting any cooperation with them on AI would be futile.
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- Artificial intelligence could become a powerful economic engine for American communities, but a tech CEO warns that allowing a handful of companies to dominate the technology could lead to a much darker outcome.
- Some tech leaders say they doubt that the sky is falling.
- Left-wing socialist Bernie Sanders and MAGA strategist Steve Bannon took to the same stage on Tuesday to rail against the AI industry and its leadership, in a sign of how spiraling worries over the rapidly advancing technology are upending political alliances.
- Still, the pair showed little sign of agreement over how the technology should be regulated.
- Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, and Bannon, a former Trump White House adviser, both appeared at the "Pro-Human Assembly" on Tuesday, alongside a diverse set of speakers calling for curbs on AI development.
- "Despite living in a so-called democracy, the public has had virtually no input into the AI revolution that's transforming the world," Sanders said.
- "But have you heard directly from any of them?" a reporter pressed, asking about AI tech leaders.
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Sources
- Washingtonexaminerlink