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Who Has the Power Over AI: A Concentration Problem
A small number of companies and countries control most powerful AI. Concentration of power has implications for democracy and global equity.
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- 1The premise
- 2AI concentration
- 3global equity
- 4democratic governance
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Section 1
The premise
AI power is concentrating in few companies and few countries; the long-term implications warrant active engagement.
What AI does well here
- Support open-source AI ecosystems (Llama, Mistral, others)
- Engage with democratic AI governance conversations
- Use multiple AI sources (don't lock into one company)
- Support global AI capacity outside the US-China duopoly
What AI cannot do
- Solve concentration through individual choices alone
- Predict the long-term political effects
- Substitute concentration concerns for human-rights concerns within concentrated AI
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