THE CONCENTRATION DEFAULT AI, Power, and the Contests for Cognitive and Creative Agency
THE CONCENTRATION DEFAULT AI, Power, and the Contests for Cognitive and Creative Agency Date:November 15, 2026 Authors: Steven Henderosn - QN8 LABS / Research assitants: Deeepseek and Chat GPT Research Domain:Artificial Intelligence, Political Economy, Cognitive Sovereignty, Distributed Computing, Digital Governance, and Creative Rights ORICD #0009-0004-9169-8148 Executive Summary Artificial intelligence is entering a period of profound structural transformation. Its influence extends far beyond the automation of employment and the substitution of human labor. AI is becoming an intermediary through which people access information, formulate ideas, make decisions, produce creative work, conduct research, and participate in economic and civic institutions. Consequently, the most consequential question surrounding artificial intelligence is no longer simply what machines can do. It is who controls the infrastructure through which intelligence is produced, distributed, a...
