I write about AI and Geopolitics
Bill Friend Those who cannot remember the past, George Santayana warned, are condemned to repeat it—and in 2026, Washington appears bent on relearning an old lesson the hard way. The United States is trying to throttle China the way empires once strangled their rivals, by cutting off lifelines of cheap oil from Iran and Venezuela, seizing fields, … Read more
Or: “Before We Build Gods: A Case for Moral Readiness” Preface: The Ledger of Collective Negligence People of the World, this document is not a proposal for policy, nor a plea for humanitarian aid. It is a formal moral indictment issued against the fully functioning adult population of the globe—the author included. We are the … Read more
This open letter addresses leading AI developers and industry figures, emphasizing their unprecedented responsibility to form a unified, independent coalition to govern advanced AI technologies responsibly, establish shared development limits, and prevent reckless competition and misuse, as traditional regulatory and governmental mechanisms are too slow to manage the rapid evolution of AI systems that profoundly … Read more
Anthropic, the State, and the Soul of AI On Friday, February 27, 2026, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies and military contractors to discontinue using Anthropic’s AI systems. The Pentagon was given six months to phase out Claude. Defense Secretary Hegseth branded Anthropic a “supply chain risk” — a designation typically reserved for foreign adversaries. … Read more
The Irreversible Agency Standard Conditioning the Scaling of Frontier AI Across this series, the argument has unfolded in stages. We began by examining technological convergence and the possibility that advanced AI, potentially amplified by quantum acceleration, could steepen capability curves. We then turned to the physical layer—compute, hardware, and energy—as the last durable chokepoints for … Read more