> I have trouble understanding why Sanders has decided to be vocal about these

Perhaps the majority of people in Vermont want him to be vocal about it and he is simply doing his actual job.

AI is wildly unpopular outside of our little tech bubble.

This is a thing about Sanders that gets lost in the discourse. He’s famously soft on guns for a Democrat, for example, because that’s what his voters want from him.

This isn’t to suggest he’s some kind of empty mouthpiece for Vermont — they’re obviously electing him for his beliefs — but he’s also very cognizant of whom he answers to.

> AI is wildly unpopular outside of our little tech bubble.

That goes against my personal experience. It's only people in this small tech bubble that hate it.

In the broader space people love it. I know plenty of people 50+ who use it as their search engine now, people who use it for relationship advice, my wife works with someone who claims to be dating an AI boyfriend (don't ask me how that works). And that's to say nothing of everyone who uses it to write their mundane emails and spreadsheets.

It only seems to be people heavily involved in tech as part of their day job who have any serious concerns about it.