Mo Gawdat predicts 12 to 15 years of dystopia before AI becomes benevolent enough to save humanity. He says the transit corridor is inevitable. This paper tests every Gawdat claim against the published governance architecture that could prevent it. The dystopia is contingent, not foreordained, because the infrastructure to stop it already exists. The decade ahead will be shaped by which prediction the public frame adopts.
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Open Letter to the White House on the National AI Framework
From Basil C. Puglisi, MPAHuman-AI Collaboration Strategist | basilpuglisi.com March 21, 2026 To the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Economic Council, and the Members of the 119th Congress Receiving These Recommendations: The White House Legislative Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence establish seven pillars that identify the right priorities: a single federal standard instead […]