Alex Friedman argues that only large asset owners have the power to mitigate the technology’s existential risks.
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Innovation
May 26, 2026
Alex Friedman
Artificial intelligence may be humanity’s greatest opportunity and risk. Where moral leaders have too little influence and states cannot align, actors with system-wide exposure and cross-border reach—in other words, large asset owners—become the only entities capable of imposing needed constraints at scale.
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