White House AI czar says ‘doomers’ lack evidence of risks while driving state bills

White House AI czar David Sacks attributed a proliferation of state bills for governing the rise of artificial intelligence to a wealthy “cult” of “effective altruists” within Silicon Valley, while asserting scant evidence for risks associated with the technology and warning about AI diffusion by China if the U.S. overly regulates it.

Sacks spoke June 10 at the AWS summit in Washington, DC, where AI model developers and related companies have been making a major push to increase federal adoption...