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Bernie Sanders: “AI could pose existential risks to humanity.”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published April 29, 2026 | Video Starts at 09:51

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize winner and the godfather of AI, says there is a, quote, 10 to 20% chance for AI to wipe us out, end quote. Andrew Yao, the Turing Award winner, says AI could pose existential risks to humanity. quote, Once large models become sufficiently intelligent, they will deceive people, end quote. David Sachs, a top White House AI advisor, said in a now deleted tweet, quote, AI is a wonderful tool for the betterment of humanity. (09:51–09:56)

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Asserts that AI poses existential risks to human existence.

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Bernie Sanders

“Dr. Max Tegmark organized the 2023 statement signed by over 1000 AI experts warning about the risks of human competitive AI.”
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“According to Demis Hassabis, who is the head of Google DeepMind, the AI revolution will be 10 times, 10 times bigger than the industrial…”
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“Over the course of this year, four major AI companies are expected to spend almost $700 billion building data centers and tens of billions…”
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“That is equivalent to what we spent on the entire Manhattan Project, which built the atom bomb during World War II. Every three weeks.”
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“There is a 10 to 20% chance for AI to wipe us out.”
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“Dr. David Kroger initiated the Extinction Risk Statement signed by the heads of major AI companies.”
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“Dr. Zhang Yi is Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance.”
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“Dr. Zhang is a member of China's National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Expert Committee and the United Nations High…”
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“Dr. Shue is the chair of China's National New Generation Artificial Intelligence Governance Expert Committee and a senior Fellow at…”
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“Most knowledgeable observers believe that we are at the beginning of the most profound technological revolution in world history.”
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“There are estimates from very credible sources that tens of millions of jobs could be lost here in the United States in the next 10 years.”
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“AI will be able to analyze every email, every text, every phone call, every website visit, every purchase that we make.”
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“AI could threaten the integrity of our elections and political institutions.”
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“If AI becomes smarter than human beings, the human race could lose control over this technology with catastrophic consequences.”
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“We need international cooperation between the nations of the world to prevent the possibility of a cataclysmic development [from AI].”
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“Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human competitive at general tasks.”
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“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear…”
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“There has been no serious discussion about this existential threat [posed by AI] in the United States Senate.”
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“The international community has come together over the years to try and prevent nuclear war.”
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“The global community has come together to address pandemics that have killed millions of people.”
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“In your judgment, has the international community come together effectively to address the threat posed by AI?”
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“What we're talking about is no longer science fiction. It is a real possibility.”
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“We don't fully understand how AI works.”
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“It's rapidly moving. What the hell is this technology going to look like in 10 years or 20 years?”
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“Explain your view on creating super intelligence, an artificial mind that exceeds human capabilities.”
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“What would it mean for humanity if human beings no longer were the smartest species on the planet?”
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“The superintelligence of the future may see humans as humans see ants today.”
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“The biggest bottleneck to whether humans and AI can coexist in the future lies in the humans, not AI.”
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“Let's spend a few minutes talking about how we best go forward.”
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“What is China doing today? Today to regulate the risks presented by AI”
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“Losing control of this technology is not a good thing for China. It's not a good thing for the United States or any other country on earth.”
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“We have a global crisis dealing with the survival of the human race.”
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“People are beginning to stand up and say, you know what? We want a say in this process.”
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“We've done it in the past with regard to nuclear weapons.”
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“We've done it to. With regard in the past regarding working together on pandemics.”
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