David Sacks slams Bill Gates' claim AI could kill 1 billion people as 'made up numbers'
DavidSacks · x · 2026-10-01
Responding to Bill Gates' claim that AI could kill a billion people, White House AI lead David Sacks said there are no facts or evidence to justify such figures: "These numbers are just made up. They use these numbers to create the patina of being scientific but there is nothing scientific about them." The exchange feeds the ongoing debate over exaggerated AI catastrophic-risk narratives.
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