I have been forced recently to cover many statements by US AI Czar David Sacks.

Here I will do so again, for the third time in a month. I would much prefer to avoid this. In general, when people go on a binge of repeatedly making such inaccurate inflammatory statements, in such a combative way, I ignore.

Alas, under the circumstances of his attacks on Anthropic, I felt an obligation to engage once more. The All-In Podcast did indeed go almost all-in (they left at least one chip behind) to go after anyone worried about AI killing everyone or otherwise opposing the administration's AI strategies, in ways that are often Obvious Nonsense.

To their credit, they also repeatedly agreed AI existential risk is real, which also makes this an opportunity to extend an olive branch. And some of the disagreements clearly stem from real confusions and [...]

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Outline:

(01:22) Our Continuing Coverage

(02:38) Important Recent Context

(07:54) The Point of This Post

(08:51) Summary of the Podcast

(14:12) Part 1 (The Part With the Unhinged Attacks on Anthropic and also other targets):

(23:35) Other Related Obvious Nonsense

(32:01) Part 2 - We Do Mean the Effect on Jobs

(43:48) Part 3 - The Big Beautiful Bill

(46:26) Where Does This Leave Us

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First published:
June 3rd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qpThPhM4CyvZGtwRR/in-which-i-make-the-mistake-of-fully-covering-an-episode-of

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“In Which I Make the Mistake of Fully Covering an Episode of the All-In Podcast” by Zvi

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