FT: ‘Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Unite in AI Safety Call’
Joe Miller, reporting for the Financial Times ( via Political Wire ): Veteran socialist Bernie Sanders and rightwing activist Steve Bannon are joining forces to call for greater guardrails on AI, even as Donald Trump insists concerns about the technology are a hoax that will help China overtake the US. In a sign of how the outcry over AI safety is reshaping the US political landscape, speakers…
Veteran socialist Bernie Sanders and rightwing activist Steve Bannon are uniting to advocate for stricter oversight of AI technology, despite Donald Trump dismissing AI concerns as a hoax that could give China an advantage over the United States. This convergence of political ideologies at an upcoming "Pro-Human Assembly" in Washington highlights the evolving nature of the AI safety debate in the United States.
While one perspective sees Sanders as a voice of reason and compassion, and Bannon aligning with him on this issue, another interpretation aligns with the horseshoe theory, suggesting that far-left and far-right zealots are closer in their extremism than their ideological differences might imply.
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