White House ‘AI chief’ David Sacks calls himself …, a title that Nvidia CEO called ‘badge of shame’ not patriotic

White House AI czar David Sacks has defended Donald Trump administration’s approach to China. In a recent interview on Bloomberg Television, he said that it was essential for the US to dominate artificial intelligence, seeking to rebuff criticism from advocates of a harder line with China. He went on to add, “I want the US to win this AI race. We understand that China is our main competition globally in this AI race, and we want to do everything we can to win.”

Taking aim at concerns raised by supporters of a tougher China policy, Sacks said, “I consider myself to be a China hawk.” Incidentally, this is the same phrase that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently called “badge of shame”.