{"id":249326,"date":"2026-04-03T01:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:08:17","slug":"bernie-sanders-met-with-prominent-ai-doomers-in-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders met with prominent AI doomers in Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event for a proposed \u201cbillionaires tax\u201d in Los Angeles on Feb. 18. Credit: AP\/Jae C. Hong<\/p>\n

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Sen. Bernie Sanders visited the Machine Intelligence Research Institute in Berkeley (which he described as part of Silicon Valley<\/a> on social media) and met with co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky and other prominent AI doomers. Are populists and deep-pocketed AI skeptics forging a new political alliance? (Politico<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Construction on the seven-story apartment complex at 1752 Shattuck Ave. in North Berkeley is almost done. (SFYIMBY<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Four floors of Evans Hall, an academic building on the UC Berkeley campus, are being vacated for reasons related to earthquake safety. (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

UC Berkeley graduates\u2019 impact in rural California. (Berkeley News<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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