AI is attacking our freedom of though, here’s three ways to fight back Opinion AI companies are increasingly exerting active thought control over individuals and financial markets. Protect their freedom of thought by investing in sovereign AI, diversifying AI supply chains, and maintaining independent judgement, urges Lewis Liu I recently spoke on a panel in front of senior financial regulators, bankers, and lawyers in New York about an increasing [...]
The AI endgame? Intelligence for the rich, slavery for the rest Opinion AI means “intelligence” is now directly correlated with how much money you can spend on compute. What does this mean for meritocracy?
‘This is dangerous’ – America’s new elites are opting out of society Opinion If you are fortunate enough to become wealthy, you have obligations to the society that made that possible. Americans have forgotten that.
I’m an AI investor: here’s why I just deleted Claude September 23, 2026 Anthropic’s messianic pronouncements are no longer like a marketing strategy, but a religious playbook, says Lewis Liu I canceled my personal Claude subscription this week and deleted years of work. I don’t object to the technology (I’m an AI investor currently working at the sharp end of its capabilities) but I believe that tone and [...]
Could AI wipe out middle management? September 8, 2026 To actually make a difference, AI must tackle its problem's weakest link. For corporate structures, this could well mean middle management.
I drove 3,000 miles and saw the America AI is leaving behind August 19, 2026 Lewis Liu drove for nine days to get to his new home in Silicon Valley. On the journey he saw the America that risks being left behind.
Sovereign AI is no longer a nice to have, and with open source, more achievable than ever July 22, 2026 Driven by rising costs and concerns over data sovereignty, enterprises are increasingly pursuing “AI sovereignty” by diversifying their AI supply chains with open-source alternatives, says Lewis Liu “Every single enterprise in this country… these people are livid. They’re saying: ‘I am paying for tokens that create no value. These people are stealing the weights and [...]
I’ve lived the American Dream but as the country turns 250 I’m watching it die June 30, 2026 The American Dream is being snatched away by regressive economic policies and predatory capitalist practices that prioritise the interests of the ultra-wealthy over the well-being of the median American, says Lewis Liu I am the quintessential product of the American Dream. My first memory is of meeting my father at three and a half. I [...]
Why young men would rather give up sex than smartphones June 18, 2026 A generation of young men biologically primed for connection and choosing screens instead is a sharp deviation from both our nature and the basic imperative to continue our species. For a society with more food, shelter and safety than our ancestors could have dreamed of to simply stop wanting to reproduce, something has gone deeply [...]
I’m an AI founder – here’s why I agree with the Pope about AI June 3, 2026 Pope Leo XIV’s has produced the most profound piece of writing on AI – critiquing how extreme capitalism uses AI to homogenize knowledge and concentrate power, says Lewis Liu When I was 18, I took a religious philosophy course as part of the core curriculum at Harvard. When we dove into the Tower of Babel, [...]
