Daniel Wolfram
The president continues his crusade against the criticism of AI and data centers, all while complimenting himself.
The evolution of AI has been significant over the last five years.
So much so that many of the industry leaders within the AI community are now calling for it to be regulated.
The president of the United States disagrees with that sentiment. Instead, he argues that it only takes one smart person in charge to control AI.
A strong and smart president
In a lengthy Truth Social post late last night, Donald Trump declared himself the new czar of artificial intelligence while trashing an industry leader who are afraid of some of the widespread dangers AI can cause.
“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!,” the president wrote before calling out “Dario” for pretending to be a “perfect little angel.””
Call for more guardrails
The Dario in question is Dario Amodei, who is the co-founder of Anthropic and co-creator of the popular language model Claude.
Last week, he wrote an essay about how leaders of the world must “pace the frontier” of AI and put up safeguards. He is not the only one, as OpenAI’s founder, Sam Altman, also warns that the future of AI could go “very badly.”
However, according to Trump, regulation is not necessary, and he dismisses all the concerns as a hoax, as it is imperative that the US wins the AI race. It is unclear what that win will ultimately entail.
A larger plot to get data centers in American cities
Trump also wrote about a collusion happening with AI. “There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China. WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so.”
Over the last month or so, Trump has advocated more frequently for more data centers to be built all over the country. At the same time, he and his vice president have completely dismissed the criticism and problems that come with building data centers in local communities.
It is a peculiar position for the president to take this close to the midterm election, as a recent poll shows that a third of those questioned opposed data centers being built next to their homes.
