Trump adviser Sacks says AI fears driven by 'fear-mongering playbook'

By Courtney Rozen

WASHINGTON, Sept ‌16 (Reuters) - U.S. ​President ​Donald Trump's outside tech adviser David Sacks on Wednesday argued that public concerns about AI ‌are being driven by advocacy campaigns and media coverage, ⁠echoing Trump's comments earlier this week dismissing calls for new AI ‌regulation.

"We've seen this playbook, ‌this fear-mongering playbook, over and over again," Sacks said, referring to concerns about AI's impact on U.S. society.

Public alarm ​about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he ⁠had resigned, in part because the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could ​kill us all by the end of the decade."

Sacks, a venture capitalist who appeared by ​video at a Politico event in ‌Washington, said AI developers should be responsible for ensuring the safety of their products ⁠and would be held "liable" if problems arise. New regulation is not needed, he added.

Trump on Monday brushed aside calls for new ⁠federal AI rules, saying the United States needs only a strong ​president, which the country has "in spades." He said calls from AI executives for federal regulation of the technology are a "hoax."

Trump often uses ‌the term "hoax" to describe claims and reports he disputes. The statements from Sacks on Wednesday and ‌Trump earlier in the week appear to mirror that ⁠strategy.

Sacks is co-chair of president's ‌tech advisory board, ​a group made up of industry executives and venture capitalists.

(Reporting by Courtney Rozen; Editing by Chizu ‌Nomiyama)

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