At 14 years old, Leopold Aschenbrenner walked into a room full of adults and told them they were fighting the wrong war He stood in front of a room full of Green Party adults and said: "47% of jobs will be automated in the next 20 years. The working class is already collapsing. You're debating inheritance taxes." He demanded Universal Basic Income and they smiled at the kid and moved on So he stopped waiting for permission: • Columbia University's valedictorian at 19 • OpenAI at 21 • Fired for telling them AGI was coming fast • Built a $20B AI hedge fund They doubted him then and now that Citadel bought his book, they're doubting him again Doubting Leopold has never worked out