US senator Bernie Sanders has outlined proposals to restrict the development of artificial intelligence, including a ban on AI superintelligence and a plan for the United States to take a 50% stake in AI companies.
Sanders discussed the proposals in an interview with the BBC. His suggested ban focuses on AI superintelligence, although the supplied material does not provide further details about how the term would be defined or how such a prohibition would operate.
He has also proposed establishing a form of sovereign wealth fund through which the US government would acquire half-ownership of artificial intelligence companies. The material does not specify which companies would be covered, how the investment would be funded or how the proposed stake would be managed.
The proposals would represent a significant role for the US government in overseeing and owning interests in the AI sector. No further details about the plans, their legislative status or responses to them are provided in the supplied material.
