No One Should Own AI
AI is too powerful for any single company or government to control.
What if one company controlled the electricity grid and could decide who gets power and who sits in the dark? That sounds dystopian — but it is exactly what is happening with AI. A handful of tech giants control the most powerful AI systems on Earth, and they get to decide who benefits and who gets left behind.
What This Means
AI is becoming as essential as electricity or the internet. This policy says that no single company, government, or small group of powerful people should be able to control it. The power that comes with AI — the ability to influence economies, shape public opinion, and make decisions affecting billions — needs to be spread out, shared, and kept in check.
A Real-World Scenario
A small country relied on a single foreign tech company for its AI-powered public services — healthcare scheduling, tax processing, and emergency response. When a pricing dispute arose, the company threatened to pull its services. Overnight, an entire nation realized that its critical infrastructure was controlled by a private entity on another continent. The country has since invested in building its own AI capabilities and diversifying its providers.
Why It Matters to You
Because concentrated power always ends up serving the few at the expense of the many. If three companies control the AI that runs your hospital, your bank, and your government services, they have more influence over your life than any elected official. That is not a future anyone should accept.
For the technically inclined
AP-3.1: Decentralization
AI development and deployment should not concentrate disproportionate power — economic, informational, or political — in the hands of a few actors.
What You Can Do
Support open-source AI projects and companies that share their technology openly. Ask your government representatives what they are doing to prevent AI monopolies. Choose products and services from companies that do not lock you into a single AI ecosystem.
Related Policies
Keep AI Open and Fair
No single company should dominate the AI landscape.
Support Democracy
AI should strengthen democracy, never undermine it.
Serve People, Not Profits
AI should make life better for everyone, not just shareholders.