The Difference Between a Bubble and a Boom Is Who Gets Rich

Silicon Valley celebrates innovation through billion-dollar valuations, record profits, and newly minted billionaires. But creating wealth isn't the same as creating prosperity. As AI promises to transform the economy, perhaps the most important question isn't how much value the technology creates, but who gets to benefit from it. Because a technological revolution that only makes its owners richer isn't necessarily progress. It's just a financial revolution with better marketing.

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We Regret to inform you that the Existential Threat Has Excellent Product-Market Fit

AI leaders have warned that advanced artificial intelligence could pose an extinction risk. They’re also racing to build increasingly powerful versions of it. The unsettling possibility isn’t that they’re lying about the danger—it’s that they’re sincere, and the incentives still make slowing down irrational. Welcome to the AI race, where everyone agrees caution is essential and nobody can afford to go second.

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