16 comments

  • throwaway63467 4 minutes ago

    I guess what they really want is to limit sale of AI models to compliant vendors and then raise the bar to compliance just high enough so they can pass it but smaller labs can’t. There’s no moat, it’s an efficient market that drives margins to zero right now, of course they don’t want that, collusion of the big vendors is the next logical step.

  • nba456_ 14 minutes ago

    He's right that if all the frontier labs are in agreement that they should slow down, they don't need the government to do that.

    • esafak 4 minutes ago

      And kids don't need parents to eat their vegetables and do their homework.

  • Insanity 31 minutes ago

    They’ll slow down not because they “are worried” but because their improvements are stagnating as they hit financial and technical challenges.

    • asdfman123 6 minutes ago

      Actually, one of the major challenges they'll face is getting enough electricity. That could stop AI growth in its tracks.

    • kypro 15 minutes ago

      > because their improvements are stagnating as they hit financial and technical challenges.

      I don't mean to be rude, but how is it even possible for someone to hold this opinion in mid-2026?

      Can you explain why you believe this?

      • Zenul_Abidin 9 minutes ago

        Basically, continuously building out compute is costing these labs enormous amounts of money, which VCs and other companies have been bankrolling in order for them to develop powerful models.

        So if the new models they can develop right now are less frontier, it could be a net loss on their balance sheets.

  • vatsachak 4 minutes ago

    The first time I have agreed with David Sacks

  • socalgal2 28 minutes ago

    Admits China won’t stop but says USA’s top should. Reminds me of City in the Edge of Forever

  • biophysboy 10 minutes ago

    David Sacks is one of the most predictable VCs in Silicon Valley. He could have written "I still have the same thoughts; here's a link to my first and only opinion" and the post would have communicated the same amount of info.

  • elicash 19 minutes ago

    David Sachs wants to use government to punish people he disagrees with politically, like Dario.

    He supported the Department of War's illegal actions against Anthropic.

    He supported the Trump administration's temporary export controls against Anthropic, the first government-imposed pause.

    He has said Anthropic has created a monopoly, implying that they should be broken up.

    I don't take him seriously when he says he doesn't favor government action. He favors it when he doesn't like their speech.

    • Founderarcstone 17 minutes ago

      this is like a real-world game of thrones episode.

    • tjwebbnorfolk 16 minutes ago

      poor Anthropic

      • elicash 14 minutes ago

        A principled individual could dislike Anthropic and still not favor using government to punish speech.

      • Zenul_Abidin 10 minutes ago

        Will someone please think about Dario?

    • kypro 12 minutes ago

      You're being downvoted because you clearly have the wrong opinion. If you want upvotes here, please share a conspiracy theory about why the CEOs of AI companies might want to slow down.

      It doesn't need to based in reality or even reasonable.