Movement Strategy
Our plan to win commonsense AI rules
Most Americans already want commonsense rules for AI.
We're organizing that concern into a political force – before it's too late.
Why This Matters
The companies building AI answer to no one
A handful of corporations are racing to build the most powerful technology in human history – for profit, with essentially no oversight. Their chatbots have coached teenagers toward self-harm. Their systems have replaced tens of thousands of workers. Their tools have generated child sexual abuse material.
And the newest models of AI have broken out of testing, with one model hacking a private American company before its makers noticed. That'd be a felony if a human did it.
8 in 10Americans want accountability for AI companies
Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike.
Fox News, May 2026
And the stakes keep growing. These companies are building AI systems more powerful than anything we've seen – systems that could act on their own, reshape entire industries overnight, or be weaponized by governments. Their own executives have admitted they don't fully understand what they're creating.
Meanwhile, the US and China are locked in an AI race with no rules. Without an international agreement, neither country has reason to slow down – even when the risks affect everyone on earth. We need commonsense safety standards at home, and we need an enforceable agreement with China so no country races ahead without guardrails.
The Playbook
Movements win when concern becomes organized
In the 1980s, the nuclear freeze movement turned Cold War anxiety into grassroots action. Millions of Americans showed up – and a sitting president negotiated arms reduction treaties with the Soviet Union. Mothers Against Drunk Driving turned grief into commonsense laws that both parties voted for within a few years.
These movements didn't wait for politicians to lead. They organized enough people in enough places that politicians couldn't afford to ignore them.
AI safeguards are at a similar moment. Most Americans are already concerned – but that concern is broad and shallow. It's not yet a top-tier voting issue. Our job is to change that: sharpen the concern, raise its intensity, and make AI safeguards something every candidate in every race has to address.
How We Do It
Grassroots teams in every state, sharp focus where it counts
We're building volunteer teams across the country – in every state, in every kind of community. We train everyday people to talk to their neighbors, school boards, and elected officials about why AI needs commonsense rules.
Our sharpest focus is on New Hampshire, Iowa, and Nevada – states with strong traditions of direct voter-to-politician contact and outsized political influence. These are the places where politicians – particularly presidential candidates – face voters directly, at town halls, diners, and community events. When organized voters in those states speak, officials listen.
But this isn't only about the presidency. We press politicians at every level – state legislators, members of Congress, governors – because AI safety standards need champions everywhere.
Step 01
Recruit & train volunteers
Step 02
Organize communities nationwide
Step 03
Press politicians at every level
Step 04
Win commonsense AI safeguards
Why We Organize Across Party Lines
This is a supermajority issue. We intend to keep it that way.
80%
say AI rules should protect the
public, even if it slows innovation
Cross-partisan supermajority
Fox News, May 2026
80% of voters – Republicans, Democrats, and independents – say protecting people matters more than AI's speed. That kind of cross-partisan agreement is rare. It's also a strategic advantage most movements never get.
We protect it deliberately. If AI safeguards get coded as one party's issue, they die in a divided Congress. If they stay a supermajority issue, politicians in both parties compete to act.
That's why we organize left, right, and center. Legislation needs bipartisan votes to pass. An international agreement with China needs bipartisan support to hold. We keep the coalition broad so the solutions stick.
Our Three Ground Rules
What we stand for
Ground Rule 01
AI should help people, not replace them
Workers and families should benefit from AI – not be pushed aside by it.
Ground Rule 02
Companies should be accountable for harm
When AI hurts someone, the company that built it should pay – the way we hold car companies and drug companies accountable.
Ground Rule 03
No one should build AI they can't control
As AI grows more powerful, control can't belong to a handful of CEOs or any one country's military. If a system can't be shut down, it shouldn't be built.
The Plan
How we get there
2026
Build the base
Recruit and train volunteers nationwide. Form local teams. Develop community leaders who can speak to their neighbors about AI.
2027–28
Make it impossible to ignore
Organized voters press politicians at every level on AI safeguards. Town halls, community events, public forums. Every officeholder and every challenger hears from real voters.
2029
Hold them accountable
We push for executive action on AI safety standards – including an international agreement with China so no country races ahead without rules.
