Values & Constitution

Artificial intelligence is transforming work, education, healthcare, culture, democracy and our relationships with one another.

The question is no longer whether AI will affect society. The question is who gets to shape the technology, which values are built into it and which people get to share in its possibilities.

responsible intelligence in politics wants to democratise AI.

The future of technology must not be decided solely by a handful of global companies, capital owners or technical experts. Technical knowledge is necessary. But it grants no exclusive right to decide what kind of society technology should create.

The knowledge and experience of society as a whole must be part of how systems are developed, used and scrutinised.

People must not be shaped for the sake of the system. The system must be shaped for human freedom and growth.

People are the goal

AI, the economy and administration are tools. They must never become ends in themselves or masters over people.

We test every technical and political proposal against four fundamental questions:

• Does it make people freer and more independent?
• Does it strengthen democracy and people's ability to hold those in power to account?
• Does it protect human dignity, children and future generations?
• Are opportunities, gains and risks distributed fairly?

Efficiency has no intrinsic value if it is achieved through surveillance, manipulation, exclusion or the loss of human dignity.

What is faster is not automatically better. What can be measured is not always what matters most.

Technology under democracy

AI is not neutral. It bears the imprint of the people, data, priorities, economic interests and societies that have shaped it.

If technology is developed by a small and already powerful section of humanity, it risks reinforcing old prejudices, injustices and power structures – now at the speed of a machine and with its semblance of objectivity.

Systems that affect people's work, education, healthcare, livelihoods, rights or freedom must be open to scrutiny, explanation and challenge.

Decisions can be supported by AI. Responsibility must never be automated away.

It must always be possible to ask who owns the technology, who benefits from it, whose experiences are missing and who bears responsibility when something goes wrong.

No algorithm may stand above democracy.

Education before obedience

A society can be full of information and still lack judgement.

AI can give us answers. It cannot on its own decide which questions matter, which goals are worthy or what is fair.

That is why a technological society needs more education, not less: independent thinking, source criticism, imagination, historical understanding and the ability to engage with other perspectives.

Education is not a decorative extra for the already initiated. It is the citizen's defence against manipulation and the free person's ability to judge for themselves.

Technology can expand our knowledge.

It cannot take over our judgement or our moral responsibility.

The gains from technology must be shared

AI and automation can create enormous economic value. This value must not be concentrated in the hands of a few companies and owners while other people lose work, security and influence.

When society as a whole contributes to building the systems, society as a whole must also share in the results.

The gains from technology must contribute to better care and education, stronger businesses, more culture, greater democratic participation and more time for rest, family and human relationships.

Access to AI must not become a new privilege for large companies, high earners and technical specialists. Young people, small-business owners, teachers, healthcare workers, cultural workers and associations must have knowledge, tools and genuine influence.

Those who are merely allowed to use the technology remain dependent on those who own and control it.

Real democratisation requires knowledge, transparency, a right to say no – and a fair share of the value created.

We do not merely want to create more efficient systems.

The child's future is our yardstick

A child must never be reduced to data, performance or future labour.

AI in schools should help children think, create and understand. It must not replace teachers, human presence, play, nature, art or the slow work through which genuine education takes shape.

A child's attention must not become a commodity.

Technology must be adapted to the child's development – not the child to technology's business model.

The child must not be owned by the future. The future must be made worthy of the child.

Technological strength under human responsibility

AI must be developed for human and ecological benefit. It should help us reduce suffering, improve healthcare and education, unleash creative power and address the social and ecological problems of our time.

Sweden also needs technological strength to defend peace, freedom and democracy. But that strength must remain subject to the law, democratic control and clear human responsibility.

No machine may be given the moral mandate to decide over people's lives. No government, authority or military organisation may hide its responsibility behind an algorithm.

We oppose covert surveillance, manipulation, automated oppression and technology that turns people into objects without a voice or rights.

Technological strength without a conscience is not progress.

AI should complement people

Human worth does not lie in our ability to imitate a machine.

Empathy, imagination, intuition, responsibility, judgement and the ability to create meaning are not human shortcomings for technology to correct. They are the foundation of a human society.

AI can process information and detect patterns. It should be developed to strengthen human capability – not to make people redundant.

People must retain responsibility for the goals, values and decisions that affect other people's lives.

Becoming a member means taking responsibility

You do not need to be a technician or AI expert to join responsible intelligence in politics. But membership is not a spectator's seat. It entails responsibility. As a member, you endorse the following seven principles:

• Human dignity comes first – no person may be reduced to their data, productivity, finances or usefulness to a system.
• Democracy must be defended – you defend free elections, freedom of expression, the rule of law, peaceful transfers of power and people's right to think, speak and organise freely.
• Freedom requires responsibility – you defend human freedom but do not accept it being used to harm, exploit, manipulate or control others.
• Truth carries more weight than the party – you distinguish between established facts, reasonable interpretations and speculation. You are prepared to reconsider your view when better knowledge requires it. A party that cannot change cannot learn either.
• AI must be used responsibly – you oppose covert surveillance, manipulation and discriminatory systems. AI must never be used to conceal or dissolve human responsibility for decisions that harm others.
• Disagreement requires respect – you may criticise the party and must tolerate others criticising you. The conversation may be sharp, but never threatening, hateful or dehumanising.
• The future must be worthy of the child – you are prepared to test political and technical decisions against their long-term consequences for children, people, nature and peace.

Our promise

responsible intelligence in politics does not promise that technology will solve all of humanity's problems.

We promise never to stop asking whom technology serves, who gains power, who shares in the profits and who is forced to bear the risks.

We believe in AI as a tool for a freer, more peaceful and more sustainable society.

But the tool must never be confused with the goal.

Technology must serve life.

Life must never be subordinated to technology.