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Trump says fears of AI ‘taking over the world and destroying humanity’ are a hoax

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President Donald Trump dismissed AI risks as a hoax in a Truth Social post, questioning why industry leaders would push for regulation that could harm their own companies. He argued that AI is beneficial and will be a significant economic driver, comparing it to oil and gold. Trump also criticized conspiracy theories against AI, suggesting that China’s approach to the technology presents an advantage over the U.S., ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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President Trump dismissed growing concerns about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), asserting that there is no need for additional regulation or "guardrails" on AI development. In posts on social media and comments to reporters, he claimed that the United States already has a sufficient safeguard in his presidency, stating, “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.” Trump also accused unnamed forces of exaggerating risks and engaging in a "SICK conspiracy" against AI companies. This stance contrasts with calls from leading scientists and tech CEOs like Dario Amodei from Anthropic and Sam Altman from OpenAI, who advocate for slowing down the pace of AI development due to safety concerns. The disagreement comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Washington on September 24 for an official summit where AI will be a key topic of discussion between the two nations.

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Anthropic China OpenAI RUSSIA UKRAINE

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China GPE · 4× Trump PERSON · 4× Anthropic ORG · 3× RUSSIA GPE · 3× UKRAINE GPE · 3× OpenAI ORG · 2× America GPE · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Truth Social ORG · 1× the United States’s GPE · 1×

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“AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX, no different from RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA — UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1 — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2 — and all of the other HOAXES and SCAMS that America was forced to endure through the Destructionists’ and Deviants’ foul play and illegal conduct.”

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🔮 “Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday.

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Trump says fears of AI ‘taking over the world and destroying humanity’ are a hoax · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 1 hedged)

President Donald Trump dismissed concerns from artificial intelligence company CEOs about the speed of frontier model development as a “hoax.” asserted

Trump → dismiss → hoax

“Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. asserted

Trump → concern → Monday

America → take → play

Trump framed AI development as a national security issue, particularly in the context of the United States’s strategic competition with China. asserted

Trump → frame → China

Trump is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week at the White House. asserted

Trump → expect → House

“President Xi, of China, just announced that China will be doing absolutely nothing to stand in the way of AI, or its future,” he wrote. asserted

he → announce → AI

It will not be stopped by brilliantly run Destructive Forces during the Term of President DONALD J. TRUMP!” asserted

It → stop → TRUMP

Trump contended earlier that the “only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” asserted

U.S.A. → contend → spades

“There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China,” he wrote. asserted

he → be → it

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote an open letter over the weekend in which he called for an international slowdown on AI frontier model development after former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, saying AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade” and that Anthropic and OpenAI are “gambling with our lives.” uncertain

Anthropic → write → lives

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk amplified Amodei’s call, though Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has similarly downplayed the concerns. asserted

Zuckerberg → amplify → concerns