OpenAtom 2: AI is Nuclear Fission

Analogies Matter

Of course, the fictional OpenAtom did not exist and we know the real history.

Nuclear fission was a historic discontinuity. It rapidly and permanently altered the global balance of power, re-invented…

OpenAtom 3: AI is a National Imperative

Democracies Must Lead

In facing the question of AI, we must get our “why” right. If we understand “why” we must lean into AI as a society, that will guide us to the right decision on “what” we should do and “how” we should approach…

OpenAtom 1: What If Oppenheimer Built AI?

Let’s indulge in a bit of historical fiction.

Imagine for a moment it is the late 1920s. Physicists are leaving Newtonian physics behind and delving deep within the realm of the unimaginably small. Einstein has reshaped physicists’…

OpenAtom 4: Charting our AI Course

Opportunities and Dangers to Rally a Nation

OpenAtom 4: Charting Our National AI Course

National policy is often an exercise in duality. We challenge the Federal Reserve to keep inflation…

AI & UBI: A New Feudalism?

AI leaders are making strong statements about the looming employment apocalypse. AI is poised to boost productivity which is likely to result in fewer employees necessary to do the same work. Indeed, some disciplines may disappear entirely and be replaced by automation. History…

OpenAtom Conclusion: Ending Lassiez-faire AI

AI Demands National Purpose and Urgency

Generative AI heralds the dawn of a new era for which we, as a nation and as western society, are wholly unprepared. The power of free market capitalism and neural science has handed the…

“AI Delegation” — The Skill Our Kids Will Need Most?

There is a vigorous debate underway about the role Generative AI should play in education. Should we keep the technology out? Actively hunt down things written by ChatGPT? Develop GAI-based tutoring systems?