How AI risks are deepening divisions across Silicon Valley and Washington

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : As the Senate's top Republican, Thune told a reporter on Monday he favored a "light touch" on AI regulation.
54% : He has called for "smart regulation" and oversight.
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49% : He has argued for proactive regulation before it's too late.
48% : He has repeatedly pushed for government regulation.
48% : Altman signed a statement on AI extinction risk and told the Senate he favored regulation for powerful models in 2023.
47% : He has become one of tech's most prominent proponents of the technology, arguing that no company should be asking the government for more AI regulation.
46% : Sanders has proposed a moratorium on new AI data-center construction, a one-time 50 percent tax on leading AI firms funneled into a public wealth fund, a permanent ban on superintelligence and a pause on advanced development until a federal regulator exists.
45% : In an interview on Sunday with NBC's "Meet the Press," he said the House should not hastily pass regulations that could hand China an edge.
41% : Horowitz is the co-leader of Andreessen Horowitz and its policy pushes, and has taken similar anti-regulation stances.
35% : His 2023 "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" explicitly listed "existential risk" among the enemies of progress, and he has likened AI regulation to Prohibition.

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