1. United States
2. Letter

I'm confident in your leadership, but anxious about the capabilities of AI in the hands of so many actors. In the next president's tenure, AI tools will surpass average white collar competencies including agency, executive thinking and long term planning. Nefarious actors and power in the cyber and kinetic domain will shift, more actors will be empowered to influence actions and mindsets. Trust in institutions will erode further: incidents will multiply and accountability mechanisms will be challenging. We need to encourage and support proactive measures, and discourage arms race discourse that accelerates capabilities without any guardrails and risk mitigations. The Bletchley declaration initiatives will be as pressing as the climate crisis, even as it is exacerbated by the energy consumed by AI from the top few and the many masses. A key recommendation (CF MIT Sloan) is to include in mitigations a tax on the outsourcing of labor to AI engines, by limiting free quotas and acknowledging that paid subscriptions are labor transactions. This can smooth the abrupt shifts, reduce inequality, and disincentivize overuse along with it's societal consequences.