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After METR, a US legislator calls on Congress to ban fully automated AI research before labs reach it.

The claim

METR's report pushed the policy argument past pacing to calls for a legal ban on fully automated AI research: New York legislator Alex Bores called on Congress to ban recursive self-improvement this year, arguing the labs will reach the threshold before another election.

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    We don't get another election before AI companies reach this threshold.

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    Congress should ban RSI, this year if possible.

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