1、 Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age:Ideas to Keep People First April 2026 Lets Talk The drive to understand has always powered human progresscreating a flywheel from science to technology,from technology to discovery,and from discovery onward to more science.That inexorable forward movement
2、led us to melt sand,add impurities,structure it with atomic precision into computer chips,run energy through those chips,and build systems capable of creating increasingly powerful artificial intelligence.In just a few years,AI has progressed from systems capable of fast,narrow tasks to models that
3、can perform general tasks people used to need hours to do.Now,were beginning a transition toward superintelligence:AI systems capable of outperforming the smartest humans even when they are assisted by AI.No one knows exactly how this transition will unfold.At OpenAI,we believe we should navigate it
4、 through a democratic process that gives people real power to shape the AI future they want,and prepare for a range of possible outcomes while building the capacity to adapt.Thats what this document is forto start a conversation about governing advanced AI in ways that keep people first.The promise
5、of superintelligence is extraordinary.Just as electricity transformed homes,the combustion engine remade mobility,and mass production lowered the cost of essential goods,superintelligence will speed up scientific and medical breakthroughs,significantly increase productivity,lower costs for families
6、by making essential goods cheaper,and open the way for entirely new forms of work,creativity,and entrepreneurship.Today,AIs impact on work is often measured by the time required for tasks that systems can reliably complete.Frontier systems have advanced from supporting tasks that take people minutes