This breakdown of DeepSeek’s impact on AI governance raises a crucial question—not just about control over AI, but about AI’s control over us. The debate around open vs. closed models is often framed around accessibility, but beneath it is a deeper issue: AI is not just an asset to be regulated—it is becoming an implicit force of governance."
"We can already see this dynamic at play, not just in global AI power struggles but inside institutions themselves. The recent DOGE email compliance exercise for U.S. federal employees is a perfect example. What appeared to be a standard reporting request wasn’t just an oversight mechanism—it was an implicit test of alignment. AI didn’t merely track work; it structured what was seen as valuable by reinforcing specific reporting patterns that employees, knowingly or not, adapted to. This isn’t just governance through policy—it’s governance through design."
"If DeepSeek and other AI developments are shifting how AI governance works at a geopolitical scale, how do we address the same phenomenon at smaller but equally consequential scales—like workplaces, research institutions, and civic governance? Where does AI oversight end, and AI-driven governance begin?
This breakdown of DeepSeek’s impact on AI governance raises a crucial question—not just about control over AI, but about AI’s control over us. The debate around open vs. closed models is often framed around accessibility, but beneath it is a deeper issue: AI is not just an asset to be regulated—it is becoming an implicit force of governance."
"We can already see this dynamic at play, not just in global AI power struggles but inside institutions themselves. The recent DOGE email compliance exercise for U.S. federal employees is a perfect example. What appeared to be a standard reporting request wasn’t just an oversight mechanism—it was an implicit test of alignment. AI didn’t merely track work; it structured what was seen as valuable by reinforcing specific reporting patterns that employees, knowingly or not, adapted to. This isn’t just governance through policy—it’s governance through design."
"If DeepSeek and other AI developments are shifting how AI governance works at a geopolitical scale, how do we address the same phenomenon at smaller but equally consequential scales—like workplaces, research institutions, and civic governance? Where does AI oversight end, and AI-driven governance begin?