my timeline is filled with folks from every AI faction saying “hell yeah” to the AI Action Plan…truly great work from the entire team!

man, I don’t quite know what to say—and anyone who knows me will agree that’s rare. thanks to everyone for all the immensely kind words, and to the MANY people who made this plan what it is. surreal to see it all come to fruition. it’s a good plan, sir.

That’s a stretch, The New York Times! The Action Plan calls on the U.S. to accelerate AI innovation while simultaneously investing in AI interpretability and biosecurity, evaluating national security risks in frontier models, and combating synthetic media.

President Trump signs three executive orders on AI: — Accelerating permitting to build data center infrastructure — Promoting the export of American AI models abroad — Protecting Americans from woke AI models driven by Radical Left ideology at the expense of accuracy

If you’re ever feeling sad just reread the Action Plan

Told you

Kudos to U.S. Department of Energy for rapidly executing on the AI infrastructure EO the President signed two days ago (!).

Every once in a while, I burrow myself somewhere quiet and read for a few days straight—usually a combination of new (to me) stuff and familiar things. This weekend’s haul:

China’s just-released AI Action Plan has a section that drives at a fundamental difference between our approaches to AI: whether the public or private sector should lead in AI innovation. I like America’s odds of success. 🇺🇸

In general Washington obsesses overmuch on DeepSeek but I find it interesting to observe that they have published far fewer novel papers this year than they did in 2024. Yes, r1 went viral in 2025. But r1-preview came out in fall 2024, and v3 came out at the tail end of the

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It really makes me happy to see someone engaging honestly with the quiet, tireless, and often bold work the Trump Administration is doing. We will never get much credit for these and thousands of other small steps we take toward a better world; nevertheless, take them we will.

Heard a podcast on the action plan where someone said “this could have been lifted from Ezra Klein/derek Thompson’s abundance!” Was intended as a compliment, but in fact the flow of ideas goes in the opposite direction. “Abundance” is the “blue” to the right’s “cerulean.”

If you want to know what smart libs will think in 5-10 years, look at what conservatives say today There are literally policy ideas I’ve forgotten about (in a pretty short career!) that the “abundance left” treats as novel, cutting edge, avant garde

Drop the “AI.” Just “policy.” It’s cleaner.

National Whether Service (an elite forecasting team)