Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator from Vermont
Bernard Sanders was born in September 1941 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. He studied at Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of Chicago where he earned an undergraduate degree in political science. He quickly became a political activist, joining the Young People’s Socialist League and numerous other groups.
Sanders was involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with union organizers and on the campaigns of many politicians. He returned to New York City, working at various jobs including Head Start teacher, psychiatric aide, and carpenter. He moved to Vermont and began his political career. Sanders served for eight years as the mayor of Burlington. He was elected as the representative-at-large for Vermont to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991. He has served as a member of the U.S. Senate since 2007.
Sanders ran as a presidential candidate in the 2016 and 2020 election cycles.
Sanders is married to Jane, by whom he has three stepchildren. He is divorced from Deborah. He has a son, Levi, born to his then-girlfriend Susan. He is Jewish.
In the News…
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont expressed his support for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington this week.
“Artificial intelligence and robotics are the most transformational technologies in the history of the world — impacting the lives of every man, woman and child in our country,” Senator Sanders stated. “AI experts have told us that, within a few years, AI may be able to do anything we can do better than we can do it.“
Senator Sanders said that the “alarming danger” is “if AI surpasses human intelligence as many scientists believe could happen, this technology will escape human control with potentially catastrophic consequences.”
“AI is advancing exponentially every single day,” he continued. “What you are looking at today is the least capable version of AI we will ever have.“
“I will be introducing legislation with Congressman Greg Casar to permanently ban the development of artificial superintelligence — an AI mind smarter than any human being and capable of operating independently beyond our control,” Senator Sanders said. “Like nuclear weapons, artificial superintelligence is a threat to humanity — and it must be treated as such. Further, this legislation would put an immediate pause on advanced AI development until we have clear safety rules in place, developed by the most knowledgeable scientists in our country.”
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The Honorable Bernie Sanders
Senator from Vermont
332 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
