Heads Shake As Trump Claims His 'High IQ' Enough To Regulate AI

The president then claimed, without offering any details, that his administration had already“stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,'” and then claimed baselessly that the nationwide backlash to the technology was part of a vast conspiracy theory in service of the Chinese Communist Party.

“There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China,” Trump wrote.“WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE!”

Regardless of Trump's social media rants, there is widespread concern about the impacts of AI across the political spectrum.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, described Trump's stance on regulating AI as“a fundamental incompetence that places us all in grave danger,” in a Common Dreams op-ed published Monday.

Reacting directly to Trump's Monday social media post, Sachs told Common Dreams that it was a sign that“we are in the grip of madness and puerility.”

Axios reported on Monday that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will join former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and former Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon on Tuesday for a what is being described as a“Pro-Human Assembly” aimed at highlighting the dangers posed by the continued development of the technology.