Extended briefing
AI and Trust
What policymakers need to know.
Forty-two slides, in seven parts, from social capital and power to a session agenda you can use.
Part I/The stakes
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AI and Trust: What Policymakers Need to Know
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Why This Matters Now
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The Problem in One Sentence
Part II/Trust under strain
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How We Got Here: The Governance Lag
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What Is Social Capital, and Why Does AI Threaten It?
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Social Capital in Practice: Three Real-World Examples
07
Trust Is Not a Feeling. It's a Product of Conditions
08
When Trust Breaks Down: The Cost of Getting It Wrong
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The Grade-of-the-Tank Problem
10
Capacity Asymmetry: A Closer Look
Part III/Power and extraction
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Three Ways AI Reshapes Power
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Power Concentration: Why It Compounds
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The Extraction–Governance Gap
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Case Study: The Robodebt Failure
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Past Performance Is Not a Governing Mandate
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The Certification Trap
Part IV/Oversight and borders
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Human Oversight Must Be Real, Not Nominal
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The Five Conditions for Real Oversight, in Depth
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AI at Machine Speed Creates New Accountability Gaps
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Speed vs. Accountability: The Governance Design Problem
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Across Borders: The International Governance Problem
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What a Multipolar Trust Compact Would Actually Do
Part V/What systems learn
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Who Owns What AI Learns
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Token Capital: A Policy Agenda
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What the CSF Actually Is, and Why It's Different
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How the CSF Differs from Existing Frameworks
Part VI/Five mandates
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Five Things Policymakers Must Do
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Define Who Is Responsible, and Make It Stick
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Accountability in Practice: What to Ask
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Require Contestability, Not Just Transparency
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Contestability in Practice: Building the Infrastructure
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Level the Playing Field on Technical Capacity
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Building Regulatory Capacity: A Funding Model
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Govern Inheritance: Treat AI Track Records Like Licenses
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Distribute Oversight: No Single Unchecked Node
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Polycentric Oversight: How It Works in Practice
Part VII/This session
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What Good AI Governance Actually Looks Like
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Applying the KCCR Standard: A Worked Example
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What Legislators Can Do This Session
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The Bottom Line for Policymakers
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Common Objections and Responses
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A Governance Agenda for the Next Legislature
