OpenAI released a 13-page policy paper, “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age,” arguing that governments need to restructure economic policy to prepare for AI systems that could outperform the smartest humans. The proposals span taxes and labor market rules—including ideas such as higher capital-linked taxation and incentives tied to retaining and retraining workers—alongside concepts like shorter workweeks and a “public wealth fund” for all U.S. citizens to share in AI-driven growth. Economists and AI policy leaders cited in the coverage note the potential conflict-of-interest risk in a proposal from an interested party, but also say governments are lagging by treating AI as mainly a technology problem rather than a structural economic shift requiring industrial-policy tools.
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