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Bernie Sanders: “AI will be smarter than human beings and may in fact…”

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

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LIVE: Bernie Discusses the Future of American Politics at the National Press Club

Published | Video Starts at 14:35

I am talking to Nobel Prize winning scientists who tell us, who say, bernie, there will be a time, sooner or later, likely sooner, where AI will be smarter than human beings and may in fact function independently of human control. And that that could be catastrophic to humanity. That's what I'm hearing, Bob. Then I go back to the Senate and I see what's going on here and the answer is nothing. (14:35–14:43)

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Asserts that AI will surpass human intelligence and operate independently.

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