Sen. Bernie Sanders leads a progressive anti-AI push and links AI to concerns about money in politics. He calls on Democrats to avoid super PAC money, especially from AI-linked groups, and introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act while warning about AI super PAC influence. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports a data center moratorium effort and highlighted polluted water from a Georgia site tied to a Meta data center, urging congressional investigations into water quality impacts. She also co-sponsors the DEFIANCE Act to address AI deepfakes and effects on children. Rep. Ro Khanna backs removing super PAC money and proposes hiring and training programs to counter AI automation, while criticizing data centers as extractive but stopping short of a construction moratorium. Sanders also targets major tech leaders for investing in AI and robotics to replace human labor.
"Sanders is also making AI a flashpoint in his long-held objection to money in politics, calling on Democrats not to take super PAC money, especially from AI-linked groups. He recently introduced the Abolish Super PACs Act and warned at a press conference unveiling the bill about the growing influence of AI super PACs."
"Ocasio-Cortez is going all in on the data center moratorium push, holding up jars of brown, polluted water during a recent congressional hearing. The water came from Morgan County, Georgia, where a Meta data center was built, Ocasio-Cortez said in an exchange that went viral with Environmental Protection Agency official Jessica Kramer. Ocasio-Cortez said Congress should launch investigations into the impact of data centers on water quality."
"Khanna has released his "Work for America" proposal, designed to hire one million Americans for public works and tech training as a safeguard against AI automation. His biggest break from Sanders has been stopping short of calling for a moratorium on data center construction. He criticized data centers as largely "extractive" in an interview with Axios."
"Sanders called out Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other tech giants. "They are investing many hundreds of billions of dollars into the development and implementation of AI and robotics and - in one sentence - what is the function of AI and robotics? It is to replace human labor," Sanders said."
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