Why China May Win the AI War With Moderate Models: The Layman GPT Advantage
China may not need the world’s smartest AI to reshape the market. Efficient models, industrial scale and affordable everyday intelligence could change the economics of AI.
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Intelligence Is Scaling. But Is Human Progress Keeping Up?
AI and scientific capability are scaling rapidly, but human progress depends on application, execution and deployment. Why water, energy and sufficiency must remain central to technological priorities.
The Art of AI War: Masses vs Classes vs AI Overlords
Three Centres of Power in a Possible Post-ASI Civilisation. A speculative analysis of how the masses, asset-owning classes and AI systems might compete over resources, ownership, control and human agency.
From the Knowledge Economy to the Resource Economy
As AI makes intelligence easier to access, economic advantage may shift towards ownership of the resources that turn ideas into real-world value: capital, infrastructure, networks and distribution.
The AI Bubble: What Happens If the Boom Turns to Bust?
An AI investment bust need not end the AI revolution. Explore how service-sector productivity, reusable data centres, real estate, capital flows, commodities and monetary policy could interact.
The Gold Mine Principle and the Hullabaloo of Universal Basic Nugget Income (UBNI)
When AI makes intelligence abundant, the real question is who owns the machinery that produces it.
The Intelligence–Power Paradox: AI May Become Smarter Than Us Without Becoming More Powerful
AI may become smarter than humans without automatically becoming more powerful. Explore the 20-watt brain, 8 billion minds, autonomy, ownership and control.
The Rise of the Permanent Underclass: The Post-AGI Collapse of the Economic Ladder
When AI makes basic necessities abundant but destroys the traditional pathways to wealth, will most people still have a way to climb?
The Demographic Dividend May Be Ending Before the Demographic Problem Begins
As AI and machines become more capable, the old relationship between population and productive capacity may be changing.
Are AI Productivity Gains Worth It?
AI can multiply cognitive productivity dramatically, but the real economy is constrained by human time, attention, consumption, infrastructure and demand.
The Real Disruption of AI: The Hidden Power Transfer
AI is not merely automating work. It is reducing the organizational scale required to create, build, publish, and compete.
Intelligence Is the Beginning, Not the Destination
AI can advance at software speed while infrastructure, institutions and economies move at different speeds. The real challenge is not slowing intelligence, but building systems capable of absorbing it.
Universal Basic Equity: Who Owns the AI Future?
If humanity’s accumulated knowledge helps create extraordinary AI wealth, should humanity receive more than a basic income?
New World and AI Taking Jobs Scenario: The Solution
If AI reduces the amount of human labour needed to produce goods and services, the real question is not simply how to save existing jobs. It is how society should redesign work, income and economic participation.