National & Local Policy
What should AI
make possible?
The American AI Blueprint is a working policy framework for a country deciding how to build, govern, and share the future of artificial intelligence.
A blueprint is a
promise to choose.
Technology policy is not only about what can be built. It is about who benefits, who bears risk, and whether people can shape the institutions around it.
The framework proposes an Automation Revenue Assessment—a mechanism that ties the economic value generated by AI-driven automation back to people through a national PACT Fund, distributed as Citizenship Dividends and Community Dividends.
Revenue & Reinvestment
How automation-generated value is captured and returned to people and communities, rather than consolidating in the hands of a few compute providers.
Labor & Transition
What workers and industries need as the economic ground shifts underneath them, providing real safety nets and retraining infrastructure.
Infrastructure & Access
Who builds the physical and digital systems AI depends on, and who gets to use them. Ensuring that compute access isn't restricted to a handful of monopolies.
Governance & Accountability
How institutions make decisions about AI that they can explain, own, and revisit over time.
Rights & Participation
What people are owed in a society where artificial intelligence reshapes daily life and public spaces.
Applied Case Study: Local Data-Center Governance
National frameworks must translate to local realities. While the Blueprint addresses federal coordination, AI's massive physical footprint—in the form of data centers—lands in specific counties and municipalities.
Through my active advisory work in North Florida, I have helped develop practical governance tools for counties managing this sudden infrastructural demand:
- Temporary moratoriums: Pausing rapid development to allow counties to update zoning codes for unprecedented utility and land-use demands.
- Dual triggers: Reviewing facilities that reach either 25 MW of anticipated electrical demand or 250,000 gallons of daily water use, based on total planned build-out.
- Conditional-use standards: Requiring public hearings, environmental impact assessments, and ownership disclosure before approval.
- Closed-loop cooling & decommissioning: Mandating sustainable water practices and upfront bonds to guarantee eventual facility removal.
Policy should be clear enough to use.
This is a working document, revised honestly and transparently. For updates on the Blueprint or to discuss applied data-center governance, reach out directly.
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