The World Needs Democratic AI Principles

To maintain its edge and support the adoption of a democratic AI environment, the U.S. government must redouble investment in AI innovations in the United States and allied nations that solve public problems and improve defenses against illiberal AI technologies. In the mid-20th century, the United States funded over two-thirds of global research and development. Today it funds less than one-third. To reverse this trend, the U.S. government must not replicate the Chinese top-down investment strategy that disincentives innovation and incentivizes corruption. Instead, it should fund research and development centers at universities and expand public-private partnerships and existing government to commercial-use technology transfer programs, both at home and abroad.