HAPPY LABOR DAY! Rejoice! United States Senator Bernie Sanders is going to stop that pesky “a.i.” artificial intelligence from taking your job away from you! Who needs artificial intelligence up there orbiting in satellites when you can send human manpower to the MOON to do the job?
Will U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders new BILL result in the arrest of Elon Musk?
U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint voted this year to give Billions $$$
of our tax dollars to NASA and they give Billions $$$ to Elon Musk’s
SpaceX which sends satellites into space which then decompose after
a 5 year spin-a-round and the decomposition chemicals deteriorate
our ozen layer … wait a minute … Bernie Sanders new Bill is about “a.i.”,
artificial intelligence, so let’s connect the dots and draw a picture of
Representative Becca Balint and Elon Musk and satellites and data centers and
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders shouting at them all about the a.i., artificial intelligence.
First, let’s line up some alleged facts and then dirt dive into the Summary
of the NEW BILL U.S. SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS of Vermont,
and another U.S. Senator INTRODUCED!
Artificial intelligence relies heavily on data centers because training and running complex AI models requires massive computing power, specialized chips, and continuous electricity.
Why AI Needs Data Centers
Intensive Computing: AI processing involves billions of calculations at the same time, which standard computers cannot handle.
Specialized Hardware: Data centers use thousands of graphic cards and special chips designed to process data fast.
Constant Operation: AI systems must run 24 hours a day, requiring heavy cooling systems and backup power to avoid stopping.
The Energy and Resource Challenge
High Power Use: The Department of Energy notes that data centers could use up to 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028.
Local Grid Strain: Rapid building of these facilities creates high demand for new power sources and transmission lines.
Cooling Needs: These centers generate heavy heat, requiring advanced liquid or air cooling systems to protect the hardware.
Modern satellites increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to process data, avoid collisions, and manage operations directly from orbit.
While older satellites relied entirely on ground control for instructions, newer spacecraft use onboard AI chips and machine learning for several key tasks:
Onboard Data Processing: Space agencies and companies use AI to analyze images in space—such as testing NASA’s Dynamic Targeting to ignore cloud cover or spot natural disasters—before sending smaller, useful files back to Earth.
Collision Avoidance: AI helps satellites track space debris and independently calculate hazard maneuvers without waiting for human intervention on the ground.
Constellation Coordination: Satellites use AI to talk to each other, balance workloads, and share tasks like monitoring wildfires or oceans.
How AI Works Without Satellites
Ground Data Centers: Most everyday AI models run on land-based computers.
Terrestrial Networks: They use standard internet cables and local power grids.
No Space Link Needed: You do not need a satellite connection to use standard text or image generators on your phone or computer.
Where AI Relies on Satellites
Earth Monitoring: AI processes pictures from space to spot wildfires, track storms, and measure ice melting faster than humans can.
Smart Spacecraft: Orbiting tools use onboard AI to decide where to take pictures or how to avoid space debris without help from the ground. As noted by NASA, AI helps satellites target and analyze planetary changes in seconds.
The Space Economy: A report by Brookings highlights how AI helps manage massive amounts of space data and guide satellite positioning
THEREFORE, Artificial intelligence does not depend on satellites to function on Earth, but specific AI tools that monitor weather, climate, and space exploration rely heavily on data sent from space.
UNITED STATES SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS CO-SPONSORED THIS NEW BILL
Summary of BILL
The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar
Banning Artificial Superintelligence so no person or entity may develop or deploy Superintelligent AI systems.
“Artificial Superintelligence” means:
An artificial intelligence system that exhibits or can easily be modified to exhibit capabilities that match or exceed human cognitive performance and capabilities across a broad range of domains or tasks. Or AI systems that have sufficient capabilities to plan and execute the disempowerment of
humanity, including by overthrowing or undermining the U.S. government.
• Pausing advanced AI development until a new, federal AI regulatory body is up and running and has established clear rules and model review processes to ensure safe and secure development and deployment of AI.
Establishing a new cabinet-level federal agency to safeguard the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence, including by enforcing a prohibition on artificial superintelligence.
This agency will be advised by an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board comprised of experts on artificial intelligence to provide independent scientific and technical advice on matters related to artificial intelligence.
The agency will: Monitor frontier AI systems at all stages of the lifecycle for dangerous capabilities.
Supervise the removal of dangerous capabilities like subverting shutdown commands or conducting unauthorized cyberattacks.
Supervise the destruction of artificial superintelligence.
• Setting penalties for any person or entity that attempts to violate or circumvent the pauses and prohibitions laid out in this bill.
CORPORATE DEATH PENALTY
Entities shall be subject to the corporate death penalty,
and persons shall be subject to not more than 20 years in prison,
which is similar to existing penalties related to unlawfully developing nuclear weapons.
• Working to ban superintelligence around the world by setting the international policy of the United States to pursue international agreements, allied coordination, and policies such as export controls to prevent the development of artificial superintelligence anywhere in the world.
