“On the OpenAI Economic Blueprint” by Zvi

Table of Contents

1. Man With a Plan.
2. Oh the Pain.
3. Actual Proposals.
4. For AI Builders.
5. Think of the Children.
6. Content Identification.
7. Infrastructure Week.
8. Paying Attention.

Man With a Plan

The primary Man With a Plan this week for government-guided AI prosperity was UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with a plan coming primarily from Matt Clifford. I’ll be covering that soon.

Today I will be covering the other Man With a Plan, Sam Altman, as OpenAI offers its Economic Blueprint.

Cyrps1s (CISO OpenAI): AI is the ultimate race. The winner decides whether the future looks free and democratic, or repressed and authoritarian.

OpenAI, and the Western World, must win – and we have a blueprint to do so.

Do you hear yourselves? The mask on race and jingoism could not be more off, or [...]

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Outline:

(00:03) Man With a Plan

(01:06) Oh the Pain

(03:47) Actual Proposals

(07:37) For AI Builders

(08:08) Think of the Children

(09:00) Content Identification

(10:53) Infrastructure Week

(14:31) Paying Attention

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First published:
January 15th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/uxnKrsgAzKFZDk4bJ/on-the-openai-economic-blueprint

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