Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
OpenAI is providing a set of people-first policy ideas to spark discussion on industrial policy in the age of intelligence. These ideas aim to expand opportunities, share prosperity, and build resilient institutions, ensuring advanced AI benefits everyone.
The rapid advancement towards superintelligence necessitates more than just incremental policy updates. OpenAI is initiating a crucial conversation by proposing "people-first" industrial policy ideas. These concepts are designed to broaden opportunities, distribute prosperity, and establish robust institutions, guaranteeing that the benefits of advanced AI are accessible to all.
These proposals are ambitious, yet they are intentionally presented as early and exploratory. They are not intended as a complete or final compilation of recommendations. Instead, they serve as a foundation for discussion, inviting others to contribute, refine, challenge, or select from these ideas through democratic processes.
OpenAI has recently concluded a submission period for grant recipients related to this initiative, receiving over 400 responses. The organization is currently in the process of reviewing these submissions to further propel this important dialogue.
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