Over the weekend, numerous tech CEOs shared warnings of artificial intelligence becoming an existential risk to humanity, which has garnered calls for stricter regulation of the tech industry. Now President Donald Trump is dismissing those fears as a “hoax” and disregarding the idea of tighter guardrails for AI companies.
In a series of posts on his social media site, Trump said “I am the Hoax Buster, and I’m right now breaking another hoax — That AI is going to take over, consume, and destroy the world, and that robots will be marching into our cities, and getting rid of us all!” He compared AI concerns with other “hoaxes” such as climate change and his two impeachments. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a strong and smart (high IQ!) president, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump said in another post.
