> Unfortunately, the public push against AI is being led, on the left, by Bernie Sanders. Despite being directionally correct in many ways, Bernie just doesn’t understand this technology or the importance of taking it seriously.

Bernie Sanders is one of the only politicians taking AI seriously. The author seems to believe that taking it seriously means assuming that it will only marginally improve in capabilities of where it is today; this is an ideological take, not a scientific or empirical one, and one controverted by both evidence and expert opinion.