Digital Twin

Quant’s Chetan Dube Prepares for the Incoming Digital Tsunami

In this Q&A, Quant CEO Chetan Dube reflects on the seismic shifts A.I. is bringing to work, society and the global economy. He discusses agentic A.I.'s rise could reshape how we define employment, the role of digital twins in a hybrid human-machine future and the urgent need for new policies like machine taxation and universal basic income to ensure technology serves humanity rather than displaces it.

By The Editors

Control, Consent and the Creator Economy

We’ve been taught to fear A.I. as the great corrupter of human creativity. But as Nic Young, co-founder of Oh, points out, the nightmare isn’t on the horizon—it’s here. Through a provocative parable of a Digital Twin gone rogue, Young reveals a deeper truth: many content creators are already trapped in exploitative relationships, not with machines, but with their human managers. A.I., in contrast, could be the tool that finally puts creators back in control.

By Nic Young

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