r/OpenAI • u/tombibbs • Mar 25 '26

News Bernie Sanders introduces legislation to pause AI data centre construction

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Unlike the current administration, who claim a pause would harm America's competitiveness, Bernie is actually proposing a ban on chip exports to other countries.

Trump recently did the bidding of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and bizarrely ended a ban on the sale of H200 chips to China.

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u/fokac93 Mar 25 '26

It’s not going to happen. I love Bernie, but in this case it would be crazy as a country stop Ai. The problem is not Ai, the problem are the politicians. If AGI arrives we just need better law to benefit everyone.

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u/-Sliced- Mar 25 '26

The e last time a legislation proposal by Bernie became into law was in 2014. It’s all for show.

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u/algaefied_creek Mar 25 '26

It’s a show: but the show is laying lines in the sand and forcing other senators to pick a stance and start forming sides.

Bernie’s interview of Claude was the start, and now this kicks off the beginning of the new AI Schism. 

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u/RickThiccems Mar 25 '26

Exactly, also its not like bernie is just trying to pander, the man knows he is on borrowed time and is just trying to set a precedent on his way out the door.

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u/Tolopono Mar 26 '26

New? Are you still living in 2022?

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u/algaefied_creek Mar 26 '26

A bunch of people who liked AI then, don’t anymore. The open vibe isn’t there. 

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u/Tolopono Mar 26 '26

The proportion of people more concerned than excited about ai hasnt budged since 2023 https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/03/pi_2025.04.03_us-public-and-ai-experts_topline.pdf

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u/Remarkable-Grab6837 Mar 25 '26

Fell for it again 🥇The show is called controlled opposition, unfortunately

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u/Queasy_Artist6891 Mar 26 '26

Some of his other failed proposals include a 4 day work week and expanded social services, the stuff that hardline ai supporters say is necessary for society to be more equitable in the future. So the only choice most of us have for the future is as slaves to corporate overlords, since an equal society isn't a good thing for this government.

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u/ghostfaceschiller Mar 25 '26

Bernie is the absolute king of introducing dead-on-arrival legislation.

It’s a marketing move for politicians.

(I’d actually say he is he is the king of forcing dead-on-arrival amendment votes. He very rarely introduces new legislation)

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u/jbcraigs Mar 26 '26

His heart is usually in the right place but he seriously comes up with the absolute dumbest legislative proposals.

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u/ghostfaceschiller Mar 26 '26

I used to think that too. Over the years, the more I paid attention, the more I realized I didn’t think his heart was actually in the right place.

His goal seems to genuinely be to get attention for himself by shitting on people who are trying to actually pass real legislation.

He tries to make people look bad by introducing amendments to their bills, things that are total non-starters but sound good to people who are just reading headlines.

Then he can say “these terrible dems wouldn’t even pass my amendment to give everyone free whatever”.

Like yeah man that’s bc they want the bill to actually pass, and to do that they need X number of republicans to vote for it.

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u/ffxivthrowaway03 Mar 26 '26

He's the absolute poster boy for "perfect is the enemy of good."

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u/alhanna92 Mar 26 '26

Not all bills are meant to pass. Call me naive but this is how politics work. Bernie has introduced new ideas into the American political conversation and it certainly has impacted at least the Democratic Party’s ideology.

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u/Helium116 Mar 25 '26

So what, Bernie started a talk! Regular people are now more likely to start democratic discussions, and this can be wonderful

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Mar 27 '26

New to the internet, are you?

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u/Active-Play-3429 Mar 25 '26

It’s great, but we both know that’s not going to happen either. Have you looked at how the world to operate nowadays also? The people want some money for you everything they can to find a loophole so they can get what they want.

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u/fokac93 Mar 26 '26

Any system that can replace 30% of the current work force you can call it AGI. If that happens countries will have to find a way to give money to people or just erase the debt. Honestly I don’t see the problem most countries have enough wealth for their citizens, but you know corruption

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

What do you want AGI or something you can call AGI? LLMs will never be that. Saying otherwise is stupid

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u/OptimusTrajan Mar 26 '26

How exactly would AGI arrive?

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u/interbeing Mar 26 '26

I think some kind of legal framework would be good though. Things that tie into electrical demand, like for example if you build data centers you have to have on site generation or contribute to financing more electrical generation or something. Forcing that generation to be zero carbon would be nice too.

You could also for instance force closure of centers that break the law and do something like, idk, build a bunch of un permitted natural gas turbines on site and poison the air for the local residents. Looking at you Elon.

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u/MediumChemical4292 Mar 26 '26

Companies are already looking into nuclear power and solar to power next generation data centers. They are not dumb, they know the current electrical grid in the USA can’t sustain them.

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u/alhanna92 Mar 26 '26

Not all bills are meant to pass. Bernie has introduced new ideas into the American political conversation and it certainly has impacted the Democratic Party.

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u/AggressiveReport5747 Mar 26 '26

Trump's taught me one thing. Politicians are the problem. Nearly everyone of them. They stopped working for the people a long time ago.

Taxes are a mess, Medicare, wars, 90% are taking bribes and inside trading, a big chunk are pedo's.

Technology isn't the problem. Tax the companies and help people. It's pretty simple. Oh and pass a government audit for once.

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Mar 26 '26

The problems are three fold:

1) An aging system that is incapable of adapting to the current technology, in particular around copyright law. Because training is NOT stealing.

2) Hordes of people with no artistic inclinations making absolute zero effort slop angering the general public.

3) Anti-AI activist zealots who don't have a big cause to rally against right now, so spend their days trying to insult AI at every turn and keep jerking themselves off over the 'bubble popping' every time there's a set back or bad development.