David Sacks to Altman and Amodei: If you think AI is moving too fast, just slow down
pdamodaran · x · 2026-09-13
AI czar David Sacks pushed back on Dario Amodei and Sam Altman's claims that leading labs are moving too fast: if the CEOs genuinely believe that, they could simply call each other and agree to slow down — no act of Congress required. He implies an ulterior motive, echoing the criticism that frontier labs push regulation to raise barriers against competitors.
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