Plan for Public Intelligence (www.isolarii.com)

A new framework for transforming data into a public good, called "public intelligence," has been proposed to address the significant ethical and structural challenges of the current data economy. While the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has primarily focused on enhancing the capacity to collect and utilize data, the accumulation of data remains unregulated, likened to a land grab with historical parallels to the Enclosure movement. The memo outlines a vision for a legal and technical architecture that promotes equitable access and governance of data, separated from the computational processes that leverage it. This aims to mitigate the risks associated with surveillance capitalism and misaligned AI. The proposal includes five critical components: establishing a separation of powers for computation to enhance data privacy and security, creating markets for computational rights to enable agreed-upon data usage, reinventing public universities as hubs for shared knowledge and data sanctuaries, forming public patent pools to democratize chip development, and fostering cooperative infrastructure to ensure equitable digital access across urban and rural areas. Ultimately, this vision seeks to redefine intelligence as a public good, emphasizing the need for a systemic transformation that aligns technological advancements with democratic principles and equitable access.