Bernie Sanders sabotaging AI, helps foreign enemies slow down US tech 

Sen. Bernie Sanders isn’t my least favorite Democrat. While the independent from Vermont is far, far left, occasionally he says things I think make sense, usually on foreign policy and civil liberties. I appreciate that he’s principled and ideological. He believes in something, he doesn’t just go whichever way the wind blows. 

But on AI and technology regulation, Sanders’s socialist ideology is nuts.  

Actually, it’s downright sabotage. And now it appears the senator is willing to partner with a foreign adversary in order to strategize various ways of slowing down implementation of AI in the U.S. 

In fact, Sanders will be speaking at an event at the Capitol on Wednesday, supposedly on AI safety, which also features Zeng Yi, dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance. In other words, that’s a Chinese organization. 

I’m with Marc Andressen, who calls that connection, “Concerning.” Indeed, I don’t think a U.S. senator should partner with a Chinese........

© The Hill