Bills Introduced in the US Against AI's Impact on the Working Class

In the US, Senator Bernie Sanders and House Representative Greg Casar introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act and the AI Data Center Moratorium Act to prevent mass job losses that artificial intelligence could create in the labor market and to regulate the sector; these bills were developed in response to artificial intelligence's potential to eliminate around 100 million US jobs over the next decade.

The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders and House Representative Greg Casar, aims to ban artificial superintelligence, halt advanced artificial intelligence research, and establish a Department of Artificial Intelligence to enforce safety standards. Additionally, Sanders and House Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez introduced the AI Data Center Moratorium Act, which calls for the suspension of artificial intelligence data center construction and hardware exports until worker and safety protections are implemented.

These legislative steps followed a report prepared for a US Senate committee warning that artificial intelligence has the potential to eliminate approximately 100 million US jobs over the next decade. The report emphasizes that it holds serious risks for various occupational groups, including fast food workers, customer service representatives, and laborers. The developments follow international calls by more than 1,300 scientists and developers to slow down the development process of frontier artificial intelligence models so that safety measures can be established.