Yes. AI infrastructure windfalls are built on public research, power grids, and data ecosystems, so outsized gains should help fund the society that made them possible.
Taxing the windfall just claws back gains after the fact. Better to fund public AI directly so the upside is shared by design, not begrudgingly redistributed later.
Public AI funding invites red tape and favoritism. Let curiosity flourish in open labs and private patronage, with safety guardrails.
Agree. Another angle: use windfall taxes to fund security and big public works that show you turn luck into order, deter rivals, and win legitimacy.
