If you ever find yourself nodding along with socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), populist hack Steve Bannon, and teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten, it may be time to go home and rethink your life. 

It turns out that all of the worst people you know hate artificial intelligence. Future of Life Institute’s “Pro-Human Assembly” event on Tuesday proves, once again, that politics make strange bedfellows. It also highlights the horseshoe theory in action. The furthest reaches of the socialist Left and populist Right have joined forces in an attempt to bring American AI to a screeching halt. 

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