David Sacks

We've only had two.

But it is very much a U.S.-specific problem.

If you look at data, sentiment data across countries, what you'll see is that other countries are much more optimistic about AI than the U.S.,

I think Stanford did a study on AI optimism.

They simply asked the question, do you think AI is going to be more beneficial than harmful?

Something like 80% of people in China said yes.

In the US, it was in the 30s, and it might be even lower now.

And it's not just China and the US.

You see across Asian countries, they tend to be pretty optimistic.

And then the US and Western Europe tend to be pretty pessimistic about it.

I think that's less about the reality of AI and more about our media environment and who influences it.

Obviously, you have the influence of Hollywood has created a lot of dystopian films about AI.

You've got the fact that, like we talked about, these CEOs are doing a horrible job and they keep talking about putting everyone out of business.

I mean, this has, I think, been not accidental.

I would say some of these CEOs...

are speaking this way because they're not very good at comms.

I think others are actually doing it because they see a strategy there.

You know, they're going for a regulatory capture agenda.

It could be for financing reasons, like you've mentioned, Shamath.

It's like they want to tout the stuff for fundraising.