Managed Decline and the AI Thucydides Trap

Opinion analysis of the White House AI policy framework arguing it normalizes training on copyrighted works without consent, reframing creative output (voice, style, expression) as computational input. Warns this undermines creators’ rights and U.S. cultural soft power, and critiques accelerated data‑center buildout with socialized costs. Relevant to game audio professionals due to implications for music, voice models, and style imitation used in generative tools and production pipelines.

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