The Center for Shared AI Prosperity
What do Americans demand from an AI-transformed economy?

The gains from AI should flow to every American, not just the people who build it.

AI capabilities are advancing faster than the political system is responding. The majority of Americans are rightfully anxious about the near- and long-term impact of the technology. Americans are concerned that, without action, AI could further solidify a system that is too often rigged against their interests.

Americans aren't anti-technology. They're optimistic about what AI can do and wary of a small number of corporate leaders capturing the vast majority of its benefits. CSAIP is a growing research coalition working to refine and compare progressive visions for a U.S. economy in which AI has replaced and disrupted a large number of jobs.

The public is demanding a new economic vision for a world fundamentally transformed by AI. There is no serious framework for what comes next. CSAIP is building one by listening to what Americans actually believe, fear, and expect.

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We have a broad coalition of early funders and supporters and continue to seek out additional funding. CSAIP does not accept funding from companies, their foundations or foreign nationals.

What we know now

Americans are forming views about AI that create a clear opening for leaders willing to listen.

This set of circumstances opens up Americans to a structurally different economic arrangement, but with important caveats: redistributive proposals earn broad support when tied to dignified work, funded by taxes on those benefiting from AI, and linked to programs Americans already trust.

71%
of voters believe large-scale AI unemployment is likely in the next decade.
64%
believe America is rigged for the elite, the lens through which all AI policy will be received.
27%
trust AI companies to do the right thing.

Polling data: Blue Rose Research, March 2026 ↗

Why we exist

We will ask what Americans want from public institutions as work is destabilized, not what they should want, but what they actually believe, fear, and expect. Our work will be guided by three principles.

Solutions at the Scale of the Challenge
There is currently no serious and actionable redistributive economic framework for AI. Small-scale priorities about workforce development or highly speculative UBI plans won't cut it anymore.
Listening to the American People
Policy cannot be made in a vacuum. It needs to respond to the strong preference Americans are expressing every day about how the economy can work in an era of major disruption.
Soliciting and Sharing Great Ideas
We support and evaluate a broad range of policy ideas for how the federal, state, or local government should ensure that the gains from AI flow to all Americans.
Advisors & Partners

A growing coalition of policymakers, journalists, technologists, and historians.

Board

Advisors

Request for Ideas · open

Concrete, implementable policy ideas for ensuring the gains from AI flow to American families.

The Center is soliciting policy ideas for how U.S. federal, state, or local governments should ensure the gains from AI flow to American families and communities. We welcome proposals from economists, policy researchers, think tanks, academic institutions, labor leaders, and technologists. We are looking for ideas that go beyond diagnosis to offer concrete, implementable proposals.

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What we're looking for
01Grounded in rigorous analysis
02Responsive to real-world political and institutional constraints
03Attentive to short-term transition needs and long-term structural change
04Concrete and implementable, not diagnostic