“It’s not enough”: Sen. Bernie Sanders reacts after Elon Musk and Sam Altman agree with Anthropic CEO’s call to slow down AI development

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On September 12, US Senator Bernie Sanders reacted after Elon Musk and Sam Altman agreed with Dario Amodei’s call to slow down AI development. Earlier in the day, the Anthropic CEO shared an essay discussing benefits, risks, and other aspects of AI. With his new post, he shared a plan and reasons to slow down AI. The caption of Dario Amodei’s post on X read:

“We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.”

Soon, Elon Musk and Sam Altman came forward and agreed with Amodei’s views.

The US Senator who recently urged President Trump to halt the growth of AI responded to Dario, Elon, and Sam sharing similar views. Bernie Sanders said slowing down isn’t enough.

“Dario Amodei, Elon Musk and Sam Altman now agree that we must slow down the development of AI and “pace the frontier.” That’s a start, but it’s not enough,” Bernie Sanders wrote.

He suggested that AI growth should be stopped. The progressive leader also urged a ban on artificial superintelligence.

“When you are racing towards a cliff, you don’t just ease up on the gas pedal. You hit the brakes. When the future of humanity is at stake we need a PAUSE on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence — an AI mind smarter than any human and capable of operating independently beyond our control.”

Elon Musk and Sam Altman also concurred with Anthropic CEO’s urge to slow down growth of AI

The two big names from the tech industry, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, concurred with Dario’s post. The Tesla mogul reshared his post and said:

“Dario is right”

The co-founder of OpenAI also agreed with Amodei. Sam also revealed that they have been discussing similar issues at OpenAI lately.

“I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier. This has been a primary topic of discussions we've had at OpenAI in recent weeks.

Sam Altman also added that they have more to share on this matter soon.

In related news, Bernie Sanders called out President Trump recently for his stance on AI after he appeared for an interview with GB News. In his interview, Trump favored AI and said it is creating millions of jobs today.

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Edited by Shatakshi Gupta