David Sacks mocks AI doom predictions as another 'engineered crisis'
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-15
David Sacks shared a post crossing out a list of past doomsday claims — overpopulation, Covid, climate change — alongside "AI will destroy humanity," quipping "Never waste a good engineered crisis." The comment from a top US AI policy figure signals continued skepticism of AI existential-risk narratives.
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