Senator Bernie Sanders thinks OpenAI should be broken up, and worries about the onslaught of AI: 'It's like a meteor coming to this planet. We gotta be prepared to deal with it in all of its complexity'

AI represents many things to many people. To some, a way to tackle menial work. To others, a tool for usurping artists and laying off workers. To Nvidia, it represents a significant portion of its $5 trillion valuation. To Senator Bernie Sanders, a meteor metaphor. Say that three times fast.

In a recent conversation with Axios (via Futurism), Sanders ponders the potential downsides of such a technology. He tells host Alex Thompson, "I worry… what the enormous transformational impact in our economy will be through AI and robotics."