tl;dr: The AI 2027 authors present "Plan A," a proposed positive alternative to their previous predictions of extinction or power concentration from superintelligence. The plan calls for delaying superintelligence development until 2040, making all AI research public, letting dozens of global companies reach the frontier, and establishing "mutually assured compute destruction." The scenario depicts 2027-2029 as a critical window where mass white-collar job disruption, looming recursive self-improvement, and concentration of power in a few US/Chinese CEOs force Congress and voters to confront who ultimately controls AI—culminating in a pivotal 2028 election.