Sen. Bernie Sanders

And that they may see the human race as an impediment to their progress.

Okay?

You with me?

Mm-hmm.

All right.

That's the doomsday scenario.

So that the computer's like, God, these people are slowing us down.

You got it.

Okay.

Now, again, you know, some people...

I mean, I think nobody thinks that that is crazy anymore.

Some people say, well, you know, it's kind of unlikely, maybe 5 to 1, maybe 10 to 1, but it is incredibly risky, and they don't have the safeguards to protect us.

All right, now let me give you something that I am seeing today and you're seeing, and that is we are living in a country with a lot of emotional distress, okay, for a variety of reasons.

A lot of young people are turning to AI for emotional companionship, okay?

I broke up with my girlfriend.

Yeah, that's ridiculous.

Okay, and, you know, what do I do?

Or, you know, my mom is sick, da-da-da-da-da-da.

So we're seeing people not relating to other human beings, but relating to AI.

What is the long-term implications of that?