At a golf resort on the Irish coast, President Trump drew a clear line in the sand: America would not slow its race to build the most powerful artificial intelligence systems, even as the architects of those systems pleaded for caution. The tension between national competitive ambition and the warnings of those closest to the technology reflects one of the defining dilemmas of this era — whether the urgency to win shapes the wisdom to govern. With Congress beginning to stir and industry leaders publicly breaking from the administration's posture, the question of who holds the compass in this m