Bernie Sanders has a plan to stop the AI industry

But it will be hard to assemble a broad coalition of AI skeptics.

This post originally appeared in Understanding AI.

“It seems more likely that the AI industry will continue its relentless growth even though almost half of Americans wish it would slow down.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is getting serious about AI.

“In my view, and in the view of people who know a lot more about this issue than I do, we are in the beginning of the most profound technological revolution in world history,” Sanders said at a March 25 press conference. “Artificial intelligence and robotics will impact our economy, our democracy, our privacy rights, our emotional well-being, and even our very survival as human beings on this planet.”

In response, Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced a bill to ban data center construction “until Congress passes comprehensive AI legislation.”

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on March 25, the day they proposed a national moratorium on data center construction. (Photo by Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)