SITUATION EXPLAINED: Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to permanently ban superintelligence. • The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act, with Rep. Greg Casar • It permanently bans developing or deploying superintelligent AI, and temporarily pauses advanced AI development until a new federal regulator sets safety rules • It creates a cabinet-level agency to monitor frontier systems and supervise the removal of dangerous capabilities like subverting shutdown commands • The same agency would…