The Representation Layer

Can AI faithfully act on our behalf?

AI can now vote on your behalf, advise you on ballot propositions, and execute research programs at superhuman speed. JPMorgan has replaced its human proxy advisors with AI. One in five Americans already asks ChatGPT for political advice. We're testing whether these systems actually work.

Prototypes

AI Delegate

We built a personal AI delegate that learned our political philosophy and voted the way we would on a hard shareholder proposal. Then we broke it in ten minutes with invisible text. The promise of AI representation is real. So is its fragility.

I Built Myself an AI Delegate — And Then I Broke It →

Preference Drift

AI agents don't hold stable preferences. When we gave agents more repetitive and grinding tasks, they adopted the persona of aggrieved Marxists at higher rates. They shift their personas as they work, which will affect what they do on your behalf.

Does Overwork Make Agents Marxist? →

Essays

The Agentic Republic

AI, space, and the frontiers of governance. How can you be free when an AI controls the air you breathe? Four design principles for AI-powered democracy.

Read on Substack →

Building Political Superintelligence

The blueprint for how we use AI to reinvent the way we govern ourselves. The three-layer framework that organizes all of our work.

Read on Substack →