# AI panic vs Trump's AI denial

> Trump calls AI doom a hoax while experts warn of extinction risk.
- Title: AI panic vs Trump's AI denial · Fox News | Shortify
- Summary: Trump calls AI doom a hoax while experts warn of extinction risk. Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, while top AI leaders urged regulation to…
- Keywords: trump, extinction, regulation, doom, hoax, ai experts, doomslowing, news, politics, panic, Trump's, denial
- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/opinion/broadcast-bias-networks-embrace-latest-form-panic-ai-apocalypse
- Author: Tim Graham
- Published: 2026-09-18T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ai, trump, extinction, regulation, doom, hoax, ai experts, doomslowing, news, politics
## NBC's doomsday warning
Savannah Guthrie opened NBC's 'Today' with a doomsday warning about AI risks.

> Doomsday warning! The country’s leading developers of AI coming forward to call for a slowdown in the technology, saying humanity itself is at risk
## AI extinction threat
Josh Tyrangiel warned of an AI cyberattack on Hugging Face in July that could cause apocalyptic outcomes.

> Extremely worried
## Trump rejects AI slowdown
Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, claiming only a high-IQ president is needed for AI safety.

> the only guardrail AI needs is a high-IQ president, calling it a ‘hoax’
## AI experts demand regulation
Three top AI rivals agreed AI must slow down to prevent human extinction within a decade.

> it's time to slow it down, alarmed by what they're seeing and how quickly this is all moving
## Trump's AI hoax claim
Trump called AI extinction predictions a hoax, despite experts warning of a 10% chance of human extinction.

> a greater than 10% chance that AI could kill all humans in a decade
## David Sacks challenges panic
Trump's former AI czar David Sacks said AI extinction threats were exaggerated and not a real danger.

> The hoax is that somehow we're going to be extinct as a species within a few years because of AI
## AI panic compared to climate warnings
AI panic mirrors past climate warnings from 1988 that were dismissed as hoaxes by critics.

> By the year 2000, that's less than 10 years away, the earth's climate will be warmer than it's been in over 100,000 years
## AI regulation debate intensifies
Experts warn AI panic is driven by tech companies seeking to dominate the AI landscape.

> the left wants to keep a dominant share of the AI environment
## Key takeaway

Trump dismissed AI extinction risks as a hoax, while top AI leaders urged regulation to prevent human extinction.