Donald Trump

“Former Vice President Kamala Harris this week endorsed slowing down and called on President Trump to pursue a treaty with China.”

“The Trump administration argues that the AI safety worldview associated with EA would put America at risk of falling behind China in the AI race.”

“Trump put a 'MAGA filter' on his laissez-faire approach to AI regulation, saying that safety concerns are little more than 'hoaxes' perpetrated by the 'radical left.'”

“We're leading China in AI, and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins.”

“President Trump said he has no concerns that AI could cause human extinction, arguing instead that the greater risk is falling behind China.”

“we're starting to see signs of trust in that Xi Jinping and Trump are going to be meeting next month. But there is no clear way to actually do the verification part of this”

“At what he does, he is as good as Napoleon was at what he did”

“I think Donald Trump is an existential crisis. You think Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, or Hakeem Jeffries are an existential crisis. I don't”

“"The minute that Trump coin got launched, it went from 'crypto is bipartisan' to 'crypto equals Trump equals bad, equals corruption.'" — Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson”

“Democrats are blocking it over Trump's crypto entanglements: his financial disclosures revealed $1.4 billion in earnings from his crypto ventures since returning to the White House.”

“Democrats are facing a very unpopular president, an economy that voters have a lot of anxiety about... the very, very long history of the president's party drawing a backlash and performing poorly at the midterms... I think the partisan gravity is more likely than not just too much for Trump to overcome.”

“President Trump signed two executive orders aimed at accelerating U.S. quantum-computing development, including a 2028 target for a quantum computer powerful enough to conduct scientific research, while also moving up the government's deadline for quantum-resistant security systems to 2031.”

“He responded to us very quickly because you know it's a tremendous liability... And he responded very responsibly, I thought. — Trump”

“The race to beat China on AI still outweighs the political clashes with Anthropic or its peers, in Trump's view.”

“The US government forced Anthropic to shut down access to its most powerful model — not just for foreigners, but for everyone, including its own employees — with only 90 minutes' notice on a Friday afternoon.”

“It's great having world-beating AI firms, but you do rather rely on the rest of the world buying their stuff to get the full benefit... for those next few years, Trump will be president. That means Anthropic, and in theory, every US model-maker, lives or dies by Caesar's thumb.”

“President Donald Trump wants early access to AI cybersecurity.”

“The S&P 500 hit a record 7,412 and the Nasdaq set all-time highs on May 11, even as Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal the same week.”

“Trump told reporters: "I think it gets in the way of — you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I didn't want to do anything to get in the way of that lead."”

“Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, xAI CEO Elon Musk and Sacks all spoke with Trump between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.”

“President Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order that would have expanded federal oversight of AI companies, saying he did not want to slow the U.S. in its AI race with China amid internal White House divisions over how aggressively the fast-moving industry should be regulated.”

“Trump has already left Beijing as you read this, and as predicted on the podcast, the deliverables from his visit were underwhelming (at least so far).”

“In 2024, the presidential race, President Trump in California, without even campaigning here or spending money on ads or anything... got 6.1 million votes. In other words, there's more than enough.”