Sanders Says Trump’s AI Ignorance Is ‘Truly Embarrassing’

Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Congress and President Trump on Tuesday for failing to regulate artificial intelligence, saying "Congress under both Democratic and Republican control has been asleep at the wheel." Sanders pointed to advanced AI models that researchers, tech executives and safety advocates warn pose an existential risk to humanity, according to Politico.

“Sen. Bernie Sanders decried Washington on Tuesday for failing to regulate artificial intelligence, including the advanced models that AI researchers, tech executives and safety advocates warn pose an existential risk to humanity,” Politico reports. Said Sanders: “Congress under both Democratic and Republican control has been asleep at the wheel. And we now have a president …