Bernie Sanders proposes 20 years in prison for developers pursuing ASI plans
girish_r
15 points
5 comments
September 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
andsoitis
What is the crime?
ai_critic
Let us assume this goes through. China and other countries are unlikely to enforce it or extradite. However well-intentioned, unilateral disarmament is always a sucker's bet.
epsteingpt
Good thing for the criminals, prison doesn't exist in 20 years if they're successful and the doomers are right.
k310
The convicts might be OK with this as a productivity tool (isolation, exercise periods) given high speed internet access and loads of computer gear. They had better hurry while the sentence for white collar crime is a resort spa with gates. Oh, and conjugal visits. WITH SEX ROBOTS.