White House advisor Sacks takes on ‘doomers’ in posts embracing AI ‘diffusion’

White House AI and crypto advisor David Sacks in a series of social media posts denounces proponents of doomsday scenarios around artificial intelligence and argues aggressive AI “diffusion” -- exporting advanced U.S. technology around the world -- is the path to U.S. tech dominance.

“Nobody was caught more off guard by the DeepSeek moment than the AI Doomers,” Sacks posted June 2 on X, referring to the market-rattling breakthroughs reported in January by the Chinese tech firm.

“They had...