Op-Ed: Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez as modern-day Luddites

200 years ago, the Luddites destroyed textile looms and cropping machines in a vain effort to resist technological innovation. Now, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) are trying to do the same thing with the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act. Or at least they’re acting the part of modern-day Luddites to secure political control over who gains from technological innovation. The moratorium would ban building new data centers that train AI models or have a peak power load above 20 megawatts. The moratorium would last until another federal law is passed that requires AI products to be approved by the government and that redistributes corporate gains from AI. This bill won’t have the votes to pass Congress, regardless of which party controls it. Democratic senators like Mark Warner called the bill "idiocy" and John Fetterman called the bill “China First.” Republicans also won’t pass such a moratorium. Many conservatives support