# Why the Assumption That Someone Must Win Is Shaping AI Decisions

DevFeed: [Why the Assumption That Someone Must Win Is Shaping AI Decisions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/executive-briefing-a-thousand-students-show-what-happens-when-you-take-the-ai-away-40088.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/us-china-ai-human-flourishing>)

Author: Nate

Published: 2026-09-13T15:03:46Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Nate's Substack](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nate-s-substack.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI decisions are being shaped by the assumption that someone must win, and questions whether that assumption is correct.

## Source excerpt

Almost every decision being made about AI right now assumes someone is going to win. That assumption shapes what gets built and what gets restricted -- and I think it's wrong.