US Senators propose ban on superintelligent AI development

senators bernie sanders and greg casar have introduced the ban artificial superintelligence act, which would impose a permanent, unilateral ban on all research into superhuman ai in the us. the bill would pause all ai development and ban systems with capabilities that match or exceed human cognitive performance. violators would face 20 years in prison. gary marcus, a prominent ai researcher, opposes the proposal, arguing it is too broad and would leave the us behind in ai research. marcus suggests a temporary pause and better regulation instead.