Policy.

On the rules being written while the technology is still moving. What governments can do, what they cannot, and what is at stake either way.

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policy Transparent Battlefield: The Frozen Front and the Lost Inventory A frozen front line in Ukraine teaches the future of warfare. Big, slow, heat-emitting platforms lose. The fix is procurement, not budget.

policy Open Weights AI: Distribution Decides Whose Values Win

policy AI Agent Governance: Treat the Agent Like an Employee

policy AI Safety Is Not What They Say. It Is What They Gave Up. Powerful companies all say the right things about AI safety. The reliable test is action that costs them money, market position, or political standing.

policy AI's Economic Future: Slow Upside, Fast Downside, Weak Links A chain breaks at one link and strengthens one at a time. That asymmetry is why AI's economic upside arrives slowly and its downside arrives fast.

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Policy.

On the rules being written while the technology is still moving. What governments can do, what they cannot, and what is at stake either way.

5 essays

policy · The lead

Transparent Battlefield: The Frozen Front and the Lost Inventory

A frozen front line in Ukraine teaches the future of warfare. Big, slow, heat-emitting platforms lose. The fix is procurement, not budget.

Open Weights AI: Distribution Decides Whose Values Win

Open Artificial Intelligence models win distribution because they ship cheaper and modifiable. Distribution decides the global default. Values ride along with the winner.

AI Agent Governance: Treat the Agent Like an Employee

AI Safety Is Not What They Say. It Is What They Gave Up.

AI's Economic Future: Slow Upside, Fast Downside, Weak Links

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