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Business / Sun, 05 Jul 2026 The Times of India

Sriram Krishnan, Donald Trump’s outgoing AI advisor, calls out AI leaders for ‘terrible job’: ‘It is own due to your own doomer messaging that …

I think that is good. Americans need to feel that AI is something which is empowering them,”‘No FDA for AI’ under Trump“There will not be an FDA for AI. Setting up a centralised agency requiring a team of lawyers before you can get a model out would put sand in the gears of the AI revolution. That is never, never going to happen under President Trump,”Poll Vote & Share your view Do you agree with Sriram Krishnan that tech leaders are responsible for public fear about AI? Yes, they have created a dystopian narrative No, public fear comes from other sources 3k+ users shared opinion today 5k+ users already voted today 3k+ users shared opinion today Share Opinion

The dangers of corporate ‘doomer messaging’

“Leaders of American AI labs have focused so much on the dystopian narrative and scenarios, whether it is job loss, whether it is existential risk... that a lot of people are going: well, I don’t know if I want this,”

“Voters want to feel they have a seat at the table and this is not just two or three companies becoming incredibly powerful and wealthy,”

Supporting a ‘public stake’ in AI

“backdoor nationalization”

“I do think some way for regular people to feel like, OK, when I use this model, or when I see the graphs going up and I watch on CNBC, I am benefiting. I think that is good. Americans need to feel that AI is something which is empowering them,”

‘No FDA for AI’ under Trump

“There will not be an FDA for AI. Setting up a centralised agency requiring a team of lawyers before you can get a model out would put sand in the gears of the AI revolution. That is never, never going to happen under President Trump,”

Poll Vote & Share your view Do you agree with Sriram Krishnan that tech leaders are responsible for public fear about AI? Yes, they have created a dystopian narrative No, public fear comes from other sources 3k+ users shared opinion today 5k+ users already voted today 3k+ users shared opinion today Share Opinion

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