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Bernie Sanders Calls for a Moratorium on AI Data Centers

Should we halt data centers to protect humanity or build more to compete with China?

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Bernie Sanders Calls for a Moratorium on AI Data Centers

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Above: Sen. Bernie Sanders during Dr. Casey Means' Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building on Feb. 25. Image credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

The breakneck speed of AI development poses a direct threat to every aspect of human life. From our democratic institutions and the job market to the well-being of our children, AI could upend human civilization and, with it, the continuation of the species. A moratorium on data centers, therefore, is essential to ensure proper debate and democratic oversight on this challenge before it is too late.

Bernie Sanders US Senator for Vermont

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Pro-establishment narrative

A moratorium on data centers along the lines suggested by Bernie Sanders would be utterly disastrous for the U.S. This act of self-harm would be tantamount to surrendering the country's technological leadership to China in the midst of a new cold war. If anything, America must build more data centers faster to maintain its global competitiveness and ensure that the U.S. leads this century as it did the last.

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