Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders
US Senator Bernie Sanders warns of the potential that artificial intelligence has to increase economic inequalities, stressing that without proper safeguards, technology will benefit mainly UQE are already very rich-while leaving workers behind.
In a recent interview with the Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders expressed profound concerns that AI productivity gains will end mirror the last 50 years of technological advancement.
In this last half century, says Sanders, the large corporations They captured almost all benefits while the workers’ real salaries stagnated or diminished.
“Technology and AI They are neither good nor bad. It depends on how they are used and depends on those who benefit from them, ”says the senator of the leftist wing of the Democratic Party.
Sanders defends a fundamental change in the way the gains from AI productivity are distributed. Its main proposal involves implementing a Work week of 32 hours without loss of salary As AI increases workers productivity.
“If workers productivity increases with artificial intelligence, I want it The benefits of AI are for workers“Sanders said, who maintains that unions should negotiate such protections.
In the interview, Sanders reveals that Recently spoke to an expert in AI that Share your concerns about the trajectory of this emerging technology.
The expert warns of potentials “Employment Massive Losses”And believes that this revolution It can be more disruptive than the Industrial Revolutionunlike more optimistic analysts, who argue that New jobs will replace the lost.
In addition to economic concerns, Sanders highlighted the potential impacts of AI in mental health, due to increased human isolation As people interact more with chatbots and AI systems instead of other humans.
“If you pass your whole day to interact with a chatbot Instead of talking to friends or family, what happens to you? ”Sanders interrogates.
But what most alarm Bernie Sanders is what the Senator of Vermont calls “End of the World Scenario“, The famous AI apocalypse – the possibility for humans to be able to completely lose technology control.
Sanders reveals that “Very, very well informed people”In industry are concerned with the possibility that artificial intelligence can come in the future dominate society instead of serving.
The senator currently sees the AI as more threatening than beneficial for work, comparing it to harmful trade policies of the 1970s, and provides for employers to use AI as a asset against workers: “Accept a salary cut or replace you with machines.”
Sanders Apela at mobilization of the union movement, who considers that it should “be militant in defense against the dangers of Iaara the rights of workers”, and believes that are the ordinary people, not the greed of billionaireswhich must control the future direction of technology.
Despite its AI concerns in what it considers to be broader threats to world democracy, Sanders will hope that technology can help eliminate poverty and improve life standards – properly regulated and distributed.
The main challenge lies in ensure that AI serves humanity – Instead of concentrating wealth between the technological elites, concludes Sanders.
