David Sacks Says Organized Campaigns Are Paying Influencers to Spread AI Doomer Messages

David Sacks, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, said he was unsurprised that social media influencers have come forward to say they were offered money to push “doomer” messages about artificial intelligence, calling the efforts well organized and well funded. The remark followed a video by physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder, who said she was offered money to warn that AI will kill humanity and refused after the sponsor sought control over her script.