OpenAI proposes wealth fund, 32-hour workweek

OpenAI's shift into radical economic policy marks a transition from tech lab to a quasi-governmental architect aiming to pre-empt AGI-induced instability. The plan proposes a National Public Wealth Fund to give citizens a stake in AI-driven growth while shifting tax burdens from labor to capital to address payroll revenue collapse. By rebranding automation as an "efficiency dividend" through a 32-hour workweek, OpenAI seeks to mitigate displacement concerns, though critics view the move as a power consolidation strategy that offloads social costs. Additionally, the focus on massive energy and fiber infrastructure highlights that OpenAI's primary bottlenecks have shifted from algorithmic to physical.