Abstract:
U.S. President Donald Trump’s outside technology adviser David Sacks said on Wednesday that public concerns about artificial intelligence stem largely from claims campaigns and media coverage, echoing Trump’s comments earlier this week downplaying calls for new artificial intelligence regulation.
“We’ve seen this playbook over and over again, this fear-mongering playbook,” Sacks said of concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on American society.
Public awareness is rising about the potential dangers that artificial intelligence may bring. Last week, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said he had resigned, in part because "those developing artificial intelligence seriously believe that AI could wipe us all out by the end of this decade."
Sachs said that artificial intelligence developers should be responsible for the safety of their products and that if problems arise, they will be held "accountable." He added that no new regulations were currently needed.
On Monday local time, Trump dismissed calls for new federal rules for artificial intelligence, saying the only safety guardrail AI technology needs is a "strong, wise, high-IQ" president, and such a president already exists. He also said claims by AI executives calling for federal regulation of the technology were a "hoax."
Trump often uses the word "hoax" to describe statements and reports he denies. Sacks' comments on Wednesday and Trump's earlier this week seemed to employ this strategy.
Sacks is co-chairman of the White House Science and Technology Advisory Council, a group of industry executives and venture capitalists.
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