Maxwell Tabarrok on We should adopt AI 2040 Plan A

Maxwell Tabarrok

Economics PhD candidate at Harvard Business School and writer on economics and progress studies.

We should not make big sacrifices of property rights and cede lots of power to new institutions unless there’s an extremely clear vision of the risks and solutions at hand.

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We should adopt AI 2040 Plan A

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AI Verified The sourced Maxwell Tabarrok quote directly evaluates AI 2040 Plan A or its implementation and signals a stance on adopting it. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified The verified Plan A quote supports the recorded against answer for statement 477. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim and attributed to Maxwell Tabarrok in Zvi Mowshowitz, “Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A” (LessWrong, 2026-07-11). · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1mo ago

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