Trump Goes Full Hoax on AI Existential Risk

Zvi Mowshowitz on the week Donald Trump declared AI existential risk a hoax: what Trump actually said and what it may mean, why Jensen Huang’s attacks on whistleblowers are not credible, the cynical theories about why lab leaders warn of danger, the New York Post’s campaign against METR, how other Republicans, David Sacks, the FTC, OpenAI’s policy team and China are reacting, and what a serious approach to competing with China would actually look like.

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:40 - Hold Your Fire

* 01:30 - If You Don’t Like the Weather

* 02:24 - Trump Does Not Take Kindly

* 05:01 - Trump Goes Full ‘Hoax’

* 06:18 - This Is Not About Data Centers, Mr. President

* 07:33 - I Am The Hoax Buster, I Am The Hoax Buster, I Am The Walrus

* 09:42 - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Is a Lying Liar

* 13:16 - Trump Quietly Draws Key Distinction

* 14:18 - Calling For Pacing the Frontier Is Bad For AI Stock Prices

* 18:04 - People On The Internet Sometimes Lie

* 18:49 - Origins of Cynicism

* 20:52 - Ineffective Egoism

* 23:42 - The McCarthyist Faction Attacks METR

* 31:23 - Other Key Republicans React

* 35:55 - David Sacks Stops Being Plausibly Constructive

* 36:46 - Federal Trade Commission Chooses Danger

* 37:46 - Chris Lehane Heel Face Turn

* 39:55 - A Matter of Trust

* 41:05 - China Calls It Fearmongering

* 42:24 - Pick Up The Phone

* 47:04 - If You Want To Beat China So Badly You Should Act Like It

* 48:15 - Never Go Full Hoax

* 49:17 - Trump Uses AI For Things

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