Leftists split over whether AI could end humanity, report says
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America’s Tech Action Working Group posted a message on Instagram that drew more than 25,000 likes and sparked a debate on the left about AI safety. Some members argue that emphasizing speculative existential threats diverts attention from the concrete harms of unregulated AI, while others follow Senator Bernie Sanders, who has warned that AI could…
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- NYC DSA post on AI safety received over 25,000 Instagram likes
- Poll shows two in three Americans think AI could destroy humanity
- Sanders links data‑center moratorium to federal AI regulation
Sanders’ stance has attracted both allies and critics. Timnit Gebru accused him and other left‑leaning figures of echoing “doomsday eugenicist cults,” whereas Rumman Chowdhury of Humane Intelligence says the extreme warnings give frontier labs more publicity and funding. A Politico poll cited in the piece shows two in three Americans believe AI poses at least some risk of destroying humanity. The DSA’s Tech Action group calls for comprehensive AI regulation at all government levels, while a pending DSA resolution even proposes supporting a bill to ban superintelligence outright.
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