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Bernie Sanders: “If AI becomes smarter than human beings, the human race…”

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

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LIVE: The Existential Threat of AI and the Need for International Cooperation

Published | Video Starts at 08:11

And yet, as enormously significant as all of these profound changes might seem, there is another AI development that could have an even more frightening impact. If AI becomes smarter than human beings, the human race could lose control over this technology with catastrophic consequences. In other words, the richest, most powerful people in the world are now building a runaway Train with no brakes. They acknowledge that they don't understand how it works and they don't know where it is heading. (08:11–08:27)

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Asserts that AI surpassing human intelligence could lead to loss of control with catastrophic outcomes.

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