'Unfit For Office': Donald Trump Condemned For Dismissing AI Warnings As 'A Hoax'

The US president was accused of “gaslighting” the world.

Donald Trump has been condemned after dismissing warnings that articifical intelligence could destroy humanity as “a hoax”.

The US president was accused of “gaslighting” the entire world after he said AI and the data centres that drive it “will be the greatest economic development engine in history”.

Trump himself is a keen user of AI, regularly posting bizarre slop videos and images on Truth Social.

Senior executives and staff at AI firms have called for greater regulation of the technology before it gets out of control.

But in a rambling post on Truth Social, Trump rejected those fears and said there were no need for new guardrails to tame the technology.

He said: “Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?

“AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX, no different from RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA — UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1 — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2 — and all of the other HOAXES and SCAMS that........

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