Trump’s ‘biggest miscalculation’? How one adviser steered the great AI freakout
David Sacks convinced Trump against any restrictions on AI – putting the White House out of step with its own party As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US have joined together calling for the regulation of powerful artificial intelligence models, one of the few vocal naysayers has been Donald Trump . He’s called the perceived dangers of the technology a “hoax” and a “scam”, arguing…
David Sacks, once a prominent figure in Donald Trump’s administration as an adviser on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, has emerged as one of the few vocal critics of the technology. Despite the growing calls for regulation of powerful AI models from lawmakers across the political spectrum, Trump has dismissed the perceived dangers as a "hoax" and a "scam."
He maintains that the government already possesses "tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies," a stance that contrasts sharply with the views of his former allies such as Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz and heads of major AI companies.
Sacks, a billionaire venture capitalist, has publicly and forcefully opposed the claims of an impending AI apocalypse. His alignment with this viewpoint puts him at odds with the White House, which appears to be out of step with other major parties on the issue.
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