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“Washington is essentially staring down a tidal wave without a life jacket, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company recently released a 13-page blueprint—appropriately titled “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age”—warning that we need a “New Deal” for the AI era because superintelligence is arriving faster than society is prepared to adapt. https://openai.com/index/industrial-p…

“Altman contends that we have reached a new paradigm where AI is already performing significant economic and scientific work. He believes that if we do not rewrite the social contract now, we risk widespread upheaval and a systemic loss of control over the technology. To manage the potential “hollowing out” of the traditional workforce, the proposal suggests radical economic shifts, including a Public Wealth Fund that would distribute dividends from AI growth directly to every citizen.

The company also floats the idea of “robot taxes” and a shift in the tax base from payroll to capital gains to protect social safety nets like Social Security from shrinking wage revenue. Additionally, OpenAI advocates for a “Right to AI” as a basic utility and suggests piloting 32-hour workweeks at full pay, framing extra time back as an “efficiency dividend” for workers. The risks go far beyond job losses, with Altman identifying “world-shaking” cyberattacks and biological weapons as the most immediate, non-theoretical dangers.

The blueprint even includes “containment playbooks” for extreme scenarios where rogue AI systems might replicate themselves or evade human recall. While presented as a starting point for bipartisan conversation, analysts suggest this is also a savvy move to shape regulations ahead of a potential IPO while securing OpenAI's image as the responsible leader in a high-stakes industry” wow. watch and wonder”

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