Can AI solve the problems it creates? (with David Sacks) | The Conversation
The Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
3.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Support for the show comes from Anthropic, the team behind Claude. In this town, the best prepared |
| 0:05.8 | person in the room is the one who can argue the other side's case better than they can. Claude helps |
| 0:10.9 | you do that. Stress test your position, anticipate the counterargument, find the holes before someone |
| 0:16.2 | else does. It won't flatter your thinking. It'll sharpen it. Try Claude free today at clod. |
| 0:21.5 | AI slash playbook. AI is going to solve the problem that AI creates. That's kind of my |
| 0:26.6 | view on where that market is going. Hello, hello, and welcome to the conversation. I'm |
| 0:36.2 | Dasha Burns. And on this show, I talked to the most compelling and sometimes unexpected power players in Washington and beyond. |
| 0:43.3 | And this week, I sat down with David Sacks, special advisor to President Trump on all things AI. |
| 0:50.6 | In the tech world, there's new concerns over the safety of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:55.0 | As more companies integrate artificial intelligence into their business models, |
| 0:58.7 | a new analysis is diving deep into just how much the technology could impact the workforce. |
| 1:04.0 | Lawmakers getting insights from industry leaders about security issues presented by today's rapidly advancing technology. |
| 1:10.1 | What happens when you combine |
| 1:11.9 | artificial intelligence with deadly weapons? As we see the rapid expansion and adoption of |
| 1:18.4 | artificial intelligence, Sachs has played a key role in shaping policy around the burgeoning |
| 1:23.5 | technology. He's a venture capitalist and a Silicon Valley veteran who previously held the title |
| 1:28.7 | of White House AI and Cryptozar. So when it comes to regulating AI, Sacks approaches the issue with a |
| 1:36.2 | quote, let them cook philosophy, meaning he thinks the way for the United States to win the |
| 1:41.3 | global AI race is to move fast with minimally disruptive regulation. |
| 1:46.5 | But with that approach comes a lot of questions about disruption to the workforce, |
| 1:50.5 | lawsuits around problems AI has created, increased energy grid demands, |
| 1:55.2 | all set to the backdrop of public fears around AI. |
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