Hugh Hewitt: Seeing Past the AI Panic Mongers
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Monday, September 21, 2026
It seems like every morning lately brings a new warning about artificial intelligence along the lines of, “We’re all going to die!”
Dario Amodei—Anthropic’s chief executive—struck the panic chord in a recent essay, arguing AI was advancing too quickly for researchers to continue building it safely.
Then billionaire tech investor David Sacks struck back. In a post on X, Sacks rejected the “AI doomerism,” landing a roundhouse punch:
“Stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission,” Sacks wrote.
“Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability.”
China’s President Xi is not going to be satisfied with a silver medal in the AI Olympics.
Neither should we.
Unless and until Congress says “stop” and the president agrees with a signature, the private sector gets to run with the AI ball as far and as fast as it wants.
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