That's an interesting view of representative democracy you have. Especially given that you live in one.

How would you describe the EU?

Hell, how would you describe the Federal Republic of Germany? Since you seem to have such disdain for Federalism and representation.

Well, why don't you doublecheck me and verify that adherence to Xi's writing is not in China's constitution. Maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't it be fun to rub that in my face?

Yes, it is forbidden in the US for an active-duty member of the military to run for office. Reservists can, and there are several. Unlike China, they were elected by the people of a district to represent them, not appointed by the military to represent the military. As I recall, you're German. I see that Germany is relatively unusual in that members of the military are allowed to run for office, though it doesn't seem to be very common. But again, unlike in China, y'all elect them to represent you, they are not appointed to represent the military.

That Xi has purged a number of high-ranking generals doesn't mean much since their parliamentary seats were filled by other members of the military.

Why don't we 100% tariff every other car if we're being so protectionist?

Hmm. As I understand it, mairzy doats AND dozy doats. Which I hope is at least as clear as your response.

Ok. So, you're making a sarcastic point about how well that just worked? Sincere question - I've lost track.

That wasn't the actual decision, it was a comment made by one of the Justices.

It's funny to think about the supreme court watching porn together.

It depends on what he's doing with his money. A lot of wealthy people who say they support higher taxes, support higher income taxes that won't actually have much impact on their wealth. But would keep anyone else from joining their country club.

And if we stopped the research, you don't think China would quickly take the lead on both? You don't think anyone else would? Or that AI companies wouldn't just start building datacenters in Mexico and do all the work there?

The genie is out of the bottle. The horses are out of the barn. Third cliche indicating that it is too late.

What argument FAQ? It wasn't on Sanders' own page about this. Which I read. If you think it's so important, link it. Like: https://www.sanders.senate.gov...

Banning AI superintelligenceso no person or entity may develop or deploy Superintelligent AI systems that surpass human intelligence or have the capacity to overthrow human governments, or systems that have dangerous abilities like subverting shutdown commands.

Okay, sounds good at first, but how exactly are we to tell if one is smarter than humans? How can we tell if it has the capacity to overthrow a government? Are we to stop all research, unilaterally, until we fully understand human intelligence? We currently do not, and we've been working on that since before even Bernie was born.

Making sure they can be shut down is a no-brainer, but expecting a guarantee that unexpected behavior won't emerge is not reasonable. And the only way to approach that problem is through research Bernie would ban.

Pausing advanced AI developmentuntil a new, federal AI regulatory body is up and running and has established clear rules and model review process to ensure safe and secure development and deployment of AI.

Really? Stop research, unilaterally, until a new bureaucracy has been created and is up and running? I'll skip copying the next bit, because it is just the establishment of that CABINET level bureaucracy. As if nothing existing could do the job? I say we don't need that anyhow. Why is his only solution to anything more government power and more red tape?

He wants penalties. That's logical if you want to pass a law banning something.

And he wants to work to ban it globally. Well, how about looking at that first instead of unilaterally crippling ourselves and driving all the valuable research overseas? Because he knows it won't go anywhere?

It's hard to compete fairly with a cheater. Best you can do is to only play with those who don't.

The edits weren't to an embryo, but to a fully-grown pig? That's pretty impressive.

Is the primary interest of the US government the wellbeing of its citizens or that of people in other nations?

Oops, "by", not "but"

Wait, but "keep the IDs", do you mean retain a copy or keep the license and send the driver off to break the law by driving without it?

Any idea if there is an important reason they would need to keep copies of the IDs they scan? Maybe a legal requirement?

That's to be expected in an emerging market with high entry costs.