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🌐 Future in Common
Policy, tools & training for a just AI-powered future.
Centering equity, voice & economic belonging.
Launching The United States of AI—a bold, worker-centered policy series.
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We don’t need to pick between innovation and justice.

The AI future can still be public, transparent, and people-first—if we claim it.

One of our final articles lays out a plan to reclaim AI for the public good.

🔗 usai.futureincommon.org/innovation-w...

#EthicalAI #PublicService #AI #Innovation
July 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congress isn’t leading on AI. But your school board and city council already are.

“The Local Frontier” lays out 10 ways local leaders can govern AI with justice—before extractive systems get locked in.

🔗 usai.futureincommon.org/the-local-fr...

#AI #LocalGov #FutureInCommon #Economics #Law
July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
AI isn’t just transforming life on Earth.
It’s being launched into orbit—quietly, permanently, and without public debate.

This piece is about the space future we’re already building—and who gets left out.

🛰️ Beyond Earth
usai.futureincommon.org/beyond-earth...
#FutureInCommon #SpacePolicy #AI
July 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Not everyone will be reskilled.
Not every job is coming back.
And that doesn’t mean we stop belonging.

A post-work economy is coming.
What do we build when the work ends—and people remain?

🌱 When the Jobs Are Gone
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#PostWork #FutureInCommon #DignityForAll #AI
July 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Running for office? Working in your community?
AI is already shaping jobs, schools, healthcare, and public trust.

The AI-Ready Candidate & Community Leader Toolkit helps you lead with clarity and care.
📥 futureincommon.gumroad.com/l/aireadytoo...
#AIpolicy #PublicService #UnitedStatesofAI
July 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Who decides what AI “alignment” means?
Not the public. Not your rep.
It’s time we talked about the democratic side of safety.

📖 The Alignment Problem Is a Democracy Problem
🔗 usai.futureincommon.org/the-alignmen...
#AIpolicy #Democracy #AGIsafety #UnitedStatesofAI
July 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New from @deionlemelle.bsky.social + @futureincommon.org :

🕊️ Peace Before Power: A look at AI safety, AGI risk & global cooperation

Must-read for anyone worried about AI being framed as a military race.

🔗 usai.futureincommon.org/peace-before...
#AGIsafety #AIpolicy #FutureInCommon
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📎 What’s At Stake: Voter Toolkit
A free explainer on how AI is shaping schools, jobs, and public life—fast.
Use it at your next voter meeting, teach-in, or community event.
Download here:
futureincommon.gumroad.com/l/whatsatstakevotertoolkitai
#FutureInCommon #AIliteracy #UnitedStatesofAI #CivicTech
July 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🧾 New from @deionlemelle.bsky.social + @futureincommon.org:
When AI replaces jobs but skips the tax base—who funds the future?

We need a system that moves at the speed of code.
Read: “Fairness at the Speed of Code”
🌐 medium.com/future-in-co...
#AIpolicy #FiscalJustice #FutureInCommon
July 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🧠 New from @deionlemelle.bsky.social & @futureincommon.org:
The Future Must Include Us: Social Equity in the Age of AI
Bias isn’t a glitch—it’s a warning.
medium.com/future-in-co...
#UnitedStatesofAI #AIpolicy #TechEquity
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 Just launched: 4 toolkits to help voters, leaders & communities navigate the AI era.

🗳️ What’s at Stake
📣 AI-Ready Candidate
🏛️ State & Local
🌍 Borderless Futures

All free or PWYC.
Explore: education.futureincommon.org
#FutureInCommon #AIpolicy #Democracy
July 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
AI is already changing how immigration works—from who gets watched to who gets in.
This article shows how we got here—and how we can build a fairer future.
📖 Read it now: usai.futureincommon.org/borders-and-...
#UnitedStatesOfAI #AIandDemocracy #FutureInCommon
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We don’t need to break things to move forward.

New from The United States of AI:
Innovation With Integrity
How to reclaim artificial intelligence for the public good—before it’s too late.
usai.futureincommon.org/innovation-w...
#AI #Innovation #Ethics #PublicTech
July 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🗳️ Democracy depends on trust.
AI is being used to influence voters, sort information, and even target disinfo—yet Congress has no clear rules.
We still have time to protect elections, but not much.
Read: “Ballots and Algorithms”
usai.futureincommon.org/ballots-and-...
July 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
AI is being embedded in healthcare, policing, and reproductive tech—often without consent or oversight.
We need policy that protects our bodies and our data.
This is a fight for freedom.
🔗 Read: “Our Bodies, Our Data”
usai.futureincommon.org/our-bodies-o...
July 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
AI is already shaping bail, sentencing & policing.
But what if it’s only accelerating injustice?

We need justice that’s human-centered—by design.
New post in the United States of AI series:
🔗 usai.futureincommon.org/justice-by-d...
#USAIPlatform #AIandJustice
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What happens when your therapist is a chatbot and your boss tracks your mood?

AI is reshaping how we think about mental health, power, and privacy—and workers are caught in the middle.

🧠 Read: Minds in the Balance
➡️ usai.futureincommon.org

#AI #MentalHealth #WorkersRights
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Happy Fourth of July.
Freedom means owning your voice—and your work.

In the AI era, artists and workers are being sidelined by systems built on their labor.

Read “Our Work, Our Voice” from The United States of AI:
📖 usai.futureincommon.org/our-work-our...
#AIJustice #CreativeRights
July 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
AI will reshape how America builds.
The real question is who it will build for—and who gets left behind.

New article: Made in America, Remade by AI
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/made-in-amer...
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#AI #MadeInAmerica #TheUnitedStatesOfAI #futurepolicy
July 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
June’s jobs report came in light—33K private sector jobs lost.
AI disruption is already here.

A New Deal for the AI Era proposes:
1. Federal AI workforce training
2. A public service corps for climate & care
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/a-new-deal-f...
#AI #jobs #TheUnitedStatesOfAI
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Water will define the next era of public power.
AI will decide who controls it.”

New post → Water Is Power
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/water-is-pow...
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#AI #climate #TheUnitedStatesOfAI #waterjustice #futurepolicy
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Mobility is power.
And AI is deciding who moves—and who doesn’t.”

New piece: The Road and Sky Ahead
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/the-road-and...
Explore the full series → usai.futureincommon.org
#AI #mobility #TheUnitedStatesOfAI #futurepolicy #smartcities
July 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The clean energy transition will be digital.
Will it be democratic?

New article on how AI is reshaping climate infrastructure—and why equity must be at the core.
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/powering-the...
Explore → usai.futureincommon.org
#AI #climate #TheUnitedStatesOfAI #justtransition
June 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If AI wipes out the job market—do we still need college? Yes, but not for the reasons you think.

Higher ed can become a sanctuary of purpose—not just a pipeline to work.
Read → usai.futureincommon.org/degrees-of-p...
Explore → usai.futureincommon.org
#AI #ethics #TheUnitedStatesOfAI #futurepolicy
June 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
today’s feature:
Healing the System

AI in healthcare could make things better—or worse.
depends who’s building it—and who it’s built for.

read: usai.futureincommon.org/healing-the-...
full series → usai.futureincommon.org

#ai #health #TheUnitedStatesOfAI
June 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM