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Bernie Sanders: “Scientists worried about the existence, existential threat…”

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

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FULL SPEECH: Bernie discusses the existential threat of AI and endless war in Ohio

Published | Video Starts at 19:53

And then on top of all of that, there's an issue that I just had a meeting on the other day in D.C. and that is you have Scientists worried about the existence, existential threat of what happens if AI becomes smarter than human beings. and decides no longer to follow human control. Now, we once thought of that as a science fiction movie, right? Well, some of the leading scientists of the world think not. (19:53–20:02)

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Asserts that scientists are concerned about AI potentially surpassing human intelligence.

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