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'I'm Not Exaggerating': Bernie Sanders Issues Grave Warning About The Rapid Development Of AI

In a three-minute clip from a campaign rally, Senator Bernie Sanders answers an audience question about AI and finance. Sanders cites Geoffrey Hinton, says AI developers cannot control the technology, and argues humanity should remain the dominant species.

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Why it matters

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What it means for you

A US senator tells voters at a rally that AI could slip beyond human control, and that the people building it do not know where it is heading.

For lawmakers

Sanders is taking AI loss of control to campaign crowds, which suggests the issue is entering the midterm election debate in the United States.

The question it raises

Sanders asks whether humanity should stay the dominant species, a question about whether people should keep authority over what they build.

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“we have a technology which is rapidly growing every single day where the owners of that technology do not know where it is going and cannot control that technology.”
Bernie Sanders, Sen. (I-VT)Sanders, answering an audience question, describes what Geoffrey Hinton and others are warning about, in Sanders's own account.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 1:01 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listeningstarts inside a longer claim, right after “that”
“if AI becomes smarter than human beings, will humanity be able to control AI or not?”
Bernie Sanders, Sen. (I-VT)Sanders puts the question that leading AI experts are worried about, in Sanders's account.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 1:56 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listening
“I hold the very radical idea that maybe humanity should remain the dominant species on planet Earth.”
Bernie Sanders, Sen. (I-VT)Sanders ends the answer on loss of control with this line; the crowd applauds.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 2:26 ↗Speaker known from context, not confirmed by listeningstarts inside a longer claim, right after “that”

The record

Questions
Can AI systems act beyond what people intended or allowed? · How fast is AI advancing, and where is it heading?
People
Bernie Sanders (Speaks, Sen. (I-VT)) · Geoffrey Hinton (Mentioned) · Sam Altman (Mentioned)
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Cite this
Forbes Breaking News, “'I'm Not Exaggerating': Bernie Sanders Issues Grave Warning About The Rapid Development Of AI”, October 26, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/forbes-2026-10-26-sanders-rally-humanity-dominant-species
Our notesYouTube auto captions carry no speaker names; Sanders is identified from the video title and description (campaign rally, Sunday). Sanders gives no source or date for the Hinton and Altman remarks Sanders paraphrases. Clip is a Q&A excerpt, not the full rally. Also-items are other clips from the same rally series and were not read.