In the ongoing human negotiation between ambition and caution, David Sacks — President Trump's technology adviser — has planted a flag firmly on the side of speed. Speaking to CBS News, Sacks argued that fears of AI posing an existential threat to humanity are exaggerated, and that slowing development in the name of safety would hand China a strategic advantage the United States cannot afford to surrender. His position crystallizes a choice every civilization eventually faces when standing before a powerful and poorly understood force: whether to proceed carefully or to trust that moving boldl