Ex-Trump adviser backs self-imposed AI slowdown, rejects 'cartel' framework
Former Trump adviser and artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks endorsed an industry slowdown of AI development but rejected the altruistic framing of the move by industry leaders.
TL;DR
- David Sacks, former Trump adviser and AI/crypto czar, supports an AI development slowdown.
- He rejects the altruistic framing of the slowdown by industry leaders.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have called for a self-imposed slowdown.
- Sacks voiced measured support on X but questioned the good faith of the AI leaders.