Human influence preserved
People keep real leverage over economies and institutions as their labour matters less.
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Facts
- Lane
- Trust and governance
- Wave
- 10 of 12 (build order, not a date)
- Needs
- 0 boxes all the way back through hard links
- Unlocks
- 3 boxes downstream through hard links
- Leverage
- 0.2 points · stands in the way of 3 of 53 stages · rank 35 of 57
- Cluster
- Trust plumbing and the agent economy
Evidence as of October 2026
Kulveit et al. argue that incremental AI progress could erode people’s influence over the economy, culture and states, weakening both explicit controls such as voting and the implicit ones that come from systems relying on human participation.
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AI wealth redistribution
Sharing AI’s gains with the public through funds or dividends.
Senator Sanders’ proposed AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would take a 50% stake and pay about $1,000 a person. OpenAI and Amodei have put forward similar schemes.
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Needs · 1
Unlocks · 2
Brakes
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Loops and off-ramps
Openings researchers' judgement, October 2026 scouting
Startup room 46/100 · rank 42 of 124 Research room 69/100 · rank 7 of 124
- Depth
- light
- Players
- Kulveit, Duvenaud et al. (Gradual Disempowerment); AIGL
- Wedge
- Measurable indicators of human influence over the economy, the state and culture. research