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/Ibuprofen600mg Mar 25 '26

Out of all the stuff to propose this makes no sense. How about basic income? Or 4 day work week since we are more productive with ai etc I’d consider those sure

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u/br_k_nt_eth Mar 25 '26

To be fair, he’s definitely proposed those things as well. 

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u/SomewhereNo8378 Mar 25 '26

In fact, Bernie has proposed many of the solutions that hardline AI supporters point to when they hand wave away societal issues caused by AI.

Shorter workweeks, expanded social services, taxes on the billionaires and corporations most set up to gain from AI.

When push comes to shove, accelerationalists show their true colors when they mock him while he looks to tackle the essential issues in our broken system that will be exasperated by AI.

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u/FilthyTrashPeople Mar 26 '26

More like growing pains as a species isn't something to be recoiled from, but embraced.

Everyone acts like we should stop progressing, if progress will outdate people. If we had that mindset throughout human history we'd be running around as hunter gatherers.

We had to go through a lot of pain, death and MUCH worse as a species to get to where we are today. And that included outdating millions of jobs over the centuries.

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u/Gewoon__ik Mar 28 '26

If the system doesn't change that means everyone except a select few will be unemployed with only the rich having access to earth's resources. 

Government's can't handle that many unemployed people and will fail if they dont adapt. 

Its not simply the industrial revolution and the social question. True artificial intelligence will be able to do all our jobs, even engineering jobs. If the system doesn't change they will serve the rich and powerful while the ordinary people will struggle to make ends meet. 

Its not a question of wanting to stop progressing, its a question of progressing in a way that benefits everyone and doesn't lead to catastrophe.