Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is lauded by the Left as a progressive democratic socialist. However, his stances on artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers are anti-progress and anti-America.

In March, Sanders proposed a federal moratorium on AI data center development.

“AI and robotics are creating the most sweeping technological revolution in the history of humanity. The scale, scope and speed of that change is unprecedented,” Sanders correctly stated.

But he lost me with this illogical leap. “We cannot sit back and allow a handful of billionaire Big Tech oligarchs to make decisions that will reshape our economy, our democracy and the future of humanity…The time for action is now. We need a federal moratorium on AI data centers.”

A national halt on data center development today would be akin to a national freeze on computer development during the Cold War. This would have crippled U.S. technological competitiveness, reduced prosperity, slaughtered jobs, stifled innovation, and probably helped the Soviet Union.

Thus, a national moratorium on AI data center development would have similar consequences as we are amid an AI arms race, like it or not, with China and Russia. A U.S. freeze on AI data center development would be a boon to our adversaries while simultaneously delivering a........

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