When it comes to artificial intelligence, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) have landed firmly in the we're-doomed camp. The duo toured Silicon Valley last week, eventually stopping by Stanford University to warn students about the coming "tsunami." Sanders said that we are about to enter the "most dangerous moment in the modern history of this country," according to The Guardian.
But unlike most AI pessimists who concentrate on the potential harms that advanced computers might pose to human beings—the If Anybody Builds It, Everyone Dies viewpoint—Sanders is mostly just worried that wealthy tech investors are about to make a lot of money.
