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Mission

The Mission

Why we are building local, practical, community-owned intelligence infrastructure.

Mission statement

Our mission.

The Local Intelligence Project exists to make artificial intelligence understandable, useful, and accountable at the community level. We help people build practical AI literacy, reclaim and reuse hardware, explore open-source tools, and create local systems that reduce dependence on centralized companies and fragile infrastructure. Our work is rooted in Digital Terraforming: shaping the intelligence landscape so it becomes livable, accessible, sustainable, and shared.

We believe communities should not have to choose between rejecting new technology and surrendering power to the institutions that control it. Through branches, open projects, offline networks, repair culture, and shared documentation, we are building ways for people to learn together, trade resources, test practical systems, and grow local capacity. The goal is a future where intelligence is not handed down from distant platforms, but understood, stewarded, and used with care by the people it affects.

From our founder:

I exist in a place between acceleration and anti-AI activism, and I want to help bring the best of both worlds together. When I first started using AI, I thought I was going to find that it was evil and going to destroy the world. Instead, I found something completely different. I found a beautiful expansion and extension of my mind that has enabled me to tackle some of the most difficult things in my life. As time has gone on, I have noticed the patterns in the frontier labs and the regulation around artificial intelligence and its impact on humanity. Many have villainized the technology, when we should instead be coming together and finding a better way to make this intelligence accessible and sustainable, especially for underserved communities. My vision for this project is so much more than just building projects with communities and like-minded individuals. I see this as an opportunity for us to make our blueprint for the world we want to see our children inherit. We are on the precipice of a world that will look nothing like the one we grew up in, and I believe with the right people working together, we can save the parts that are being discarded and build them into something better, something that will withstand the shift. I believe one of the most dangerous things we can do is give up our right to this technology while the power gap continues to increase. I also believe moving recklessly with it can be just as dangerous, which is why I am working so hard to create a third way. Some of the best work historically has always been done in communities, and I think that if we build locally, we have a real chance at making a difference. - Kate G.

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