Stay Level · A data-film series by Eric Hathaway

Follow the curve.
Follow the money.
Then check the record.

3 essays built the same way: every figure checked against 2 or more independent sources across 4 adversarial verification rounds, the claims that failed listed openly, and no verdicts. The ledger, and what it shows. You judge.

Part 1 · Adoption

The Next Four Billion

17.8% of the working-age world uses generative AI, growing 1.5 points a quarter. The 3 gates that kept the rest out are collapsing at once. The film first, then the full data page.

THE NEXT FOUR BILLION · 2:00 DATA FILM
Part 2 · The Money

The Capital Loop

The money behind AI moves in a circle: the same balance sheets fund each other, buy from each other, and book each other's spending. All of it in public filings, drawn as a wiring diagram.

THE CAPITAL LOOP · 1:44 DATA FILM
Part 3 · The History

The Longest Warning

183 years of documented AI, the government programs that ran decades before the public heard of them, and the cautions that came from the builders themselves. The film, then the interactive timeline.

THE LONGEST WARNING · 2:35 DATA FILM