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David Sacks argues frontier AI labs invite government nationalization by hyping existential risks while accelerating development

Extropic's Guillaume Verdon agreed nationalization is the plan

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David Sacks@DavidSacks

Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized:

You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway.

In other words, you want the government to save us from… you.

6:43 PM · Jun 4, 2026 · 114.3K Views
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Beff (e/acc)@beffjezos

Seems like this was their plan all along.

David Sacks@DavidSacks

Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized:

You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway.

In other words, you want the government to save us from… you.

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