An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders: Regulate AI’s Dangers, Don’t Ban Its Promise

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar proposed the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act to halt superintelligence development and regulate AI safety in the US. The act aims to pause advanced AI development until federal safety rules are established and to seek international agreements to prevent superintelligence abroad. Recent AI security breaches at OpenAI and Anthropic highlight the urgency of formal AI governance.