person
JD Vance
US Vice President; AI 'opportunity, not safety' advocate
Delivered the headline US address at the February 2025 Paris AI Action Summit, sharply rejecting safety-first framings and arguing the US will pursue AI dominance without European-style regulation.
Profile
expertise
Policy / meta
Specialises in AI policy, regulation, governance, philanthropy, or movement strategy. Reads the technical literature but does not produce it.
US Vice President. Paris AI Action Summit (Feb 2025) opened the Trump administration's AI policy stance toward deregulation. Head-of-government operator.
recognition
Household name
Name recognition outside the AI/CS community. Featured by mainstream press, a Wikipedia page in many languages, a published bestseller, or holds a position the lay public knows.
Globally recognised political figure.
vintage
Post-ChatGPT
Entered the AI strategy debate in or after 2023. ChatGPT was already public when their voice became influential. Often shaped by Pause letter, AISIs, AI 2027.
Paris AI Action Summit February 2025. Entirely post-ChatGPT AI frame.
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Strategy positions
Accelerationendorses
Build faster; delay costs more than capabilityPublicly rejected safety-first framings at the Paris AI Action Summit; aligned US policy with acceleration.
“I'm not here this morning to talk about AI safety... I'm here to talk about AI opportunity.”
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.