“The flag still waves, but control is upstream.” In Part 27 of the AI Futures series, we examine the Innovation vs. Sovereignty crisis. Governments are caught in a double bind: regulate AI and risk economic isolation, or accelerate AI and fuel the erasure of their own labor force. We analyze the "privatization of infrastructure" and why digital borders are dissolving even as physical ones are reinforced.

In this episode, we break down:

• The Double Bind: Why there is no "neutral ground" for policy in an era where AI rewrites the rules of national productivity.
• Infrastructure Dependency: How cloud contracts and privatized logistics have turned governments into "premium tenants" of tech giants.
• The Redefining of Contr ...