‘Slow this thing down’: Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution

Bernie Sanders again called for a moratorium on the expansion of AI data centers to ‘slow down the revolution and protect workers’ while policymakers catch up. Photograph: John G Mabanglo/EPA

Bernie Sanders has warned that Congress and the American public have “not a clue” about the scale and speed of the coming AI revolution, pressing for urgent policy action to “slow this thing down” as tech companies race to build ever-more powerful systems.

Speaking at Stanford University on Friday alongside congressman Ro Khanna after a series of meetings with industry leaders in California, Sanders was blunt about what he called the “most dangerous moment in the modern history of this country”.