David Sacks, now co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, used his platform to push for policies that prioritize innovation, infrastructure, energy, and exports in the AI race. He tied this stance directly to a recent report showing a Chinese model closing the gap with Anthropic’s top cybersecurity tools, suggesting that heavier U.S. restrictions may have contributed to the shift rather than prevented it.
A year ago, President Trump declared that America was in a global AI race and that the way to win it was to be pro-innovation, pro-infrastructure, pro-energy, and pro-export. President Trump was exactly right; we deviate from that strategy at our peril.
An investor reply in the thread questioned whether the current clampdowns truly explain the narrowed gap, pointing back to earlier calls for lighter-touch approaches under the prior administration.
The post arrives shortly after Sacks moved from White House AI and Crypto Czar into the broader PCAST co-chair seat, giving his comments added weight on where U.S. strategy should head next.
Many users backed David Sacks' call for pro-innovation policies to win the AI race by stressing the need to keep building, while others responded with personal insults and hostility toward him and Trump.
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@DavidSacks So who do we blame for the current export controls and centralized permissioning?
Is there going to be a new AI Czar?
A year ago, President Trump declared that America was in a global AI race and that the way to win it was to be pro-innovation, pro-infrastructure, pro-energy, and pro-export. President Trump was exactly right; we deviate from that strategy at our peril.
@DavidSacks so pickup the phone, call lutnick and tell him to fuck off with these export controls
@DavidSacks No one wants the Epstein Class deciding who can use AI.
@DavidSacks My grandpapa was a bright man, he was my granddad’s brother, and he used to say that while many countries would clash openly, China would advance quietly and then move in a blink. What we’re seeing now reflects that across a multitude of domains and industries.
@DavidSacks You know what would be better for the US AI race? US created open models.
To have 2 or 3 major LLM companies dictating how the country should use/create AI is a real issue.
@DavidSacks It sounds like you don't have faith in Congress being able to formulate cutting edge technological challenges in real time.
@DavidSacks
@DavidSacks Yes to guardrails, no holding models
@DavidSacks America First = Ruin the life of 28 year old software engineer from Columbus, OH to “beat China”. This is why @AOC will probably be President in 2032. Don’t complain when it happens.
@DavidSacks No one has explained why it’s imperative that WE MUST “beat” China?
@DavidSacks Then why are we stopping anthropic and open AI from releasing their best models?
@DavidSacks So much for being the anti-regulation president. You remember right?
The guy that wanted to trim two federal organizations removed for every one added?
@DavidSacks 感谢美国的制裁和封锁，安心持有中国芯片etf，euv会有的，gpu会有的，hbm会有的，前沿llm会有的。🙏🏻
@DavidSacks this is all still happening in the USA but just for the US government.
Anthropic and OpenAI have given the US government early access to any new frontier models before anyone else.
in the eyes of Trump, they are winning.
private industry is losing.
@Wirenut3388 @DavidSacks Oh, wait for the democrats to cut regulations? Good luck
@benCBai @DavidSacks Labs don’t need USG for that.
@DegenerateKong @DavidSacks Sacks has no influence in this situation. He's not a tech company CEO like Satya, Jassy, or Pichai who have a far greater ability to call the shots because they have a direct stake in Anthropic and OpenAI.
@DavidSacks Then stop blocking ai
@benCBai @DavidSacks Ya think?
@zing22000 @Rogouewolf @DavidSacks Fascists love this shit.