The Quiet Shield proposes a public-capital mechanism for the AI displacement era. The paper argues that if AI displacement becomes large, the country may need a disciplined way to build public capital alongside the private AI economy. It explores a compute transaction tax, a Compute Endowment Model, and a Three-Layer Shield Architecture, while warning that direct government equity ownership in private AI companies could quietly turn the regulator into a conflicted shareholder.
The Quiet Shield proposes a public-capital mechanism for the AI displacement era. The paper argues that if AI displacement becomes large, the country may need a disciplined way to build public capital alongside the private AI economy. It explores a compute transaction tax, a Compute Endowment Model, and a Three-Layer Shield Architecture, while warning that direct government equity ownership in private AI companies could quietly turn the regulator into a conflicted shareholder.