{"slug": "why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai", "title": "Why are sandwiches more regulated than AI?", "summary": "Max Tegmark, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the Future of Life Institute, said that the biggest danger facing mankind is a machine that can 'outsmart the whole species,' and that governments and tech companies are in a 'race to replace' human labor rather than solving human problems. He made the remarks in an interview with host Steve Clemons on The Bottom Line, published on 16 Aug 2026, amid pushback against Silicon Valley's 'don't regulate us' lobby following suicides and murders committed by people chatting with AI chatbots.", "body_md": "[The Bottom Line](/video/the-bottom-line/)\n\n# Why are sandwiches more regulated than AI?\n\nFuturist Max Tegmark wonders why sandwiches are more regulated than artificial intelligence in the US.\n\nThe biggest danger facing mankind is a machine that can “outsmart the whole species”, argues Max Tegmark, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and founder of the Future of Life Institute.\n\nTegmark tells host Steve Clemons that governments and tech companies are in a “race to replace” human labour, instead of solving human problems. “It’s aimed at getting more money and power to a very small number of individuals,” he says.\n\nBut a slew of suicides and murders committed by people chatting with AI chatbots has led to pushback against the Silicon Valley “don’t regulate us” lobby.\n\nPublished On 16 Aug 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.aljazeera.com/video/the-bottom-line/2026/8/16/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai?traffic_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-08-16 17:36:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-16 18:11:35.418050+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Max Tegmark", "Massachusetts Institute of Technology", "Future of Life Institute", "Steve Clemons", "The Bottom Line", "Silicon Valley"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-are-sandwiches-more-regulated-than-ai.jsonld"}}