🚨 BREAKING: Democrats just dropped the ASI Ban Act — this could kill frontier AI in the US
Here's what's in it:
1️⃣ Compute cap at 10^25 FLOP
Basically every frontier model (GPT-5, Gemini Ultra, Claude Opus) would be illegal to train. One step beyond current SOTA = federal crime.
2️⃣ Criminal penalties: up to 20 YEARS in prison
Yes, you read that right. Training a model could land you in jail longer than some violent offenders.
3️⃣ Permanent ban on ASI (Artificial Superintelligence)
No clear definition yet. No enforcement body named. Just vibes and fear.
Why this is happening:
- Workers terrified of job loss
- Locals mad about power grid strain
- Doomers convinced AI = extinction event
This isn't policy. It's panic legislation.
If this passes, expect:
- Brain drain to UAE/Singapore/China
- US loses AI race permanently
- Crypto-AI infrastructure plays (like $TAO, $RNDR) could moon as decentralized compute becomes the only legal path
Watch this space. The anti-AI coalition in the US is real and growing.
Here's what's in it:
1️⃣ Compute cap at 10^25 FLOP
Basically every frontier model (GPT-5, Gemini Ultra, Claude Opus) would be illegal to train. One step beyond current SOTA = federal crime.
2️⃣ Criminal penalties: up to 20 YEARS in prison
Yes, you read that right. Training a model could land you in jail longer than some violent offenders.
3️⃣ Permanent ban on ASI (Artificial Superintelligence)
No clear definition yet. No enforcement body named. Just vibes and fear.
Why this is happening:
- Workers terrified of job loss
- Locals mad about power grid strain
- Doomers convinced AI = extinction event
This isn't policy. It's panic legislation.
If this passes, expect:
- Brain drain to UAE/Singapore/China
- US loses AI race permanently
- Crypto-AI infrastructure plays (like $TAO, $RNDR) could moon as decentralized compute becomes the only legal path
Watch this space. The anti-AI coalition in the US is real and growing.