Beyond the Profit Motive: AI & Infrastructure in an Interdependent World

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AI may be increasingly autonomous, but its future will be shaped by deeply human decisions about how and where it is deployed. As AI drives the next generation of interconnected infrastructure, the immediate business case is clear. The bigger question is what else that investment could make possible.

Drawing on the lessons of broadband expansion, Render Networks CEO Stephen Rose explores how the decisions, institutions and shared priorities guiding this next infrastructure cycle can extend its value well beyond the original business case. That means measuring its impact not only in productivity gains but also in expanded opportunity, improved services and lasting value for communities.