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Designing broad-based ownership of AI to share power along with wealth

As calls grow for "broad-based ownership" of AI, PDI Executive Director Delilah Rothenberg examines what that should actually look like and why the details of design matter as much as the concept itself. Drawing on PDI's Beyond Ghost GDP research, the ImpactAlpha article argues that solutions like universal basic income or a centralized sovereign wealth fund leave concentrated power unchecked and people dependent on top-down payouts. Instead, Delilah makes the case for direct household wealth-building and governance participation for workers, communities, and content creators, extending the equity-linked compensation long enjoyed by executives to those whose labor and data create value.